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300-410 Practice Question: Runs the following command on switch SW5: SW5#…
A network engineer runs the following command on switch SW5:
SW5# show monitor session 7
Session 7 --------- Type : Local Session Source Ports : Both : Gi0/11 Destination Ports : Gi0/12
Encapsulation : Replicate
Ingress : Disabled
Based on this output, which statement is correct?
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The SPAN session will replicate the original VLAN tag on the mirrored traffic sent to Gi0/12.
This is a local SPAN session with source port Gi0/11 and destination port Gi0/12. The encapsulation is set to 'Replicate', which means the mirrored traffic retains its original VLAN tag. This is typical when the destination port is a trunk port and the analyzer expects tagged traffic.
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The SPAN session will replicate the original VLAN tag on the mirrored traffic sent to Gi0/12.
Why this is correct
The encapsulation type 'Replicate' indicates that the original VLAN tag is preserved.
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The SPAN session will strip the VLAN tag from the mirrored traffic.
Why it's wrong here
'Replicate' preserves the tag; 'Native' strips it.
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The SPAN session is using RSPAN because the encapsulation is set to Replicate.
Why it's wrong here
RSPAN uses a VLAN as destination, not encapsulation type.
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The SPAN session is misconfigured because encapsulation Replicate is not supported.
Why it's wrong here
Encapsulation Replicate is a valid option on many switches.
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