White Paper Abstract:
This document begins with a brief introduction to the Wireshark protocol analyzer and describes the Wireshark-like functions provided by Cisco NX-OS. The document explains how to use the Wireshark protocol analyzer for real-time analysis of control-plane and data-plane traffic. This document also summarizes factors to consider when using this function and the effect it can have on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series supervisors' CPUs .