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I'm just wondering, do you need to have a certain privilege level to set up a SPAN port on a Cisco switch? if so, what minimum level is required to set up a SPAN port?

I have no networking experience, so I'm not sure if this is a dumb question or not. I just need a answer as I'm working on a tool to interact with a switch, and this came to mind.

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    You need to be able to get to confuigre mode, which usually requires level 15 access. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
    – Ron Trunk
    Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 16:02
  • i'm creating a tool for college that will allow users to set up span ports on a switch, so they have a user interface that will require them to enter in there login details and then they can set the sources port and destination port per session
    – noobCoder
    Commented Feb 8, 2016 at 16:08
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    A organization big enough to need your tool will likely use TACACS to control access to switches. It's easier to control access there than by configuring privilege levels.
    – Ron Trunk
    Commented Feb 9, 2016 at 3:35

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There is no privilege level which specifically allows users to change only monitor port.

You need to make a view (Role-Based CLI Access) which only allows a specific command, and assign it to the privileges:

SUMMARY STEPS

  1. enable view
  2. configure terminal
  3. parser view view-name [inclusive]
  4. secret [0 | 5] encrypted-password
  5. commands parser-mode {exclude | include-exclusive | include} [all] [interface interface-name | command]
  6. end
  7. enable [privilege-level | view view-name]
  8. show parser view all
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