I agree, but like any sort of remote SPAN, EPC is also not available on this 
platform, sadly and surprisingly. 

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> On May 2, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Spyros Kakaroukas <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> I've done something similar in the past without any issues. It's not really 
> convenient to do at scale though. Assuming you only want small situational 
> dumps for troubleshooting and not a permanent copy of your traffic , embedded 
> packet capture might serve you better.
> 
> My thoughts and words are my own.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Spyros
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason 
> Lixfeld
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 4:16 PM
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: [c-nsp] ME3600 PW SPAN
> 
> Seeing as how the ME3600 has no useful remote span capabilities, I just tried 
> to do a ghetto pseudowire span:
> 
> 1. Connect a trunk port from some STP, PVST+ and CDP spewing test switch to 
> gi0/1 on local ME3600 2. Monitor source gi0/1 on local ME3600 3. Monitor 
> destination gi0/2 on local ME3600 4. Loop back gi0/2 to gi0/3 on local ME3600 
> 5. EoMPLS Xconnect gi0/3 on local ME3600 to gi0/4 on remote ME3600 6. Connect 
> wireshark box to gi0/4 of remote me3600
> 
> At first glance, this seemed to work ok.  On the wireshark box, I was able to 
> see STP and PVST BPDUs on multiple VLANs and CDP frames.
> 
> What else should I check to make sure this isn't some fluke?
> 
> ... Or has this been a common workaround that has been known to work 
> perfectly since the dawn of time and I'm just late to the party?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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