Is SPAN port not allowed in Nexus FEX Port ?

Question

Hi
    Customer want me to defined a SPAN port on N2K, it is a fex port. when I configure I got the following statement from the switch.
Is there any way to solve the problem?
n5k-N2K(config-monitor)# destination ?
  interface  Configure interfaces
n5k-N2K(config-monitor)# destination interface eth102/1/18
ERROR: Eth102/1/18: Configuration not allowed on fex interface
N5K VERSION
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Software
  BIOS:      version 1.2.0
  loader:    version N/A
  kickstart: version 4.0(1a)N2(1)
  system:    version 4.0(1a)N2(1)
  BIOS compile time:       06/19/08
  kickstart image file is: bootflash:/n5000-uk9-kickstart.4.0.1a.N2.1.bin
  kickstart compile time:  2/25/2009 0:00:00 [02/25/2009 08:29:12]
  system image file is:    bootflash:/n5000-uk9.4.0.1a.N2.1.bin
  system compile time:     2/25/2009 0:00:00 [02/25/2009 08:56:57]

Answer 1

  Hi,
A FEX port cannot be configured as a SPAN destination. Only a switch port can be configured and used as a SPAN destination.
See link below for more info:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/release/notes/Rel_5_1_3_N2_1/Nexus5000_Release_Notes_5_1_3_N2.html
HTH