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300-410 Practice Question: Is a limitation of local SPAN on a Cisco switch?
Which of the following is a limitation of local SPAN on a Cisco switch?
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It cannot mirror traffic to a remote switch.
Local SPAN can only mirror traffic to a destination port on the same switch; it cannot send mirrored traffic across the network without additional configuration like RSPAN or ERSPAN.
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It can only monitor one source interface per session.
Why it's wrong here
Multiple source interfaces can be specified in a session.
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The destination port must be in the same VLAN as the source.
Why it's wrong here
No such requirement exists.
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It cannot mirror traffic to a remote switch.
Why this is correct
Local SPAN is confined to the local switch.
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It cannot monitor both ingress and egress traffic simultaneously.
Why it's wrong here
It can with the 'both' keyword.
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