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300-410 Practice Question: The default behavior of a local SPAN session if…
What is the default behavior of a local SPAN session if no direction (rx, tx, both) is specified?
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Both ingress and egress traffic are monitored.
If no direction is specified, the default is to monitor both ingress and egress traffic on the source interface.
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Only ingress traffic is monitored.
Why it's wrong here
The default is both, not just ingress.
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Only egress traffic is monitored.
Why it's wrong here
The default is both, not just egress.
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Both ingress and egress traffic are monitored.
Why this is correct
This is the default behavior.
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No traffic is monitored until direction is explicitly set.
Why it's wrong here
The session will still work with default direction.
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