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I have a virtual server and I'd like to capture traffic going to that virtual server. How do I span the port on my Cisco switch. I am not onsite so I do not know the port where the physical server is connected to. Any ideas? Thx
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Is it possible to capture the port where the virtual server is connected to? I am not sure how that will work?
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This is what I have:
- I can access the switch
- I know the MAC and IP address of the physical server where the virtual server resides.
- I know the switch port where the physical server is connected to.
- I know the MAC address of the virtual server.

I just want to capture the traffic to the virtual server, not the whole physical server. It has to have a way to do this. Thx
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I am not allow to have access to the ESXi host... Politics... :)
I will just capture the port where the physical server is connected to and setup the filter on the virtual server. Thx
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