Cisco Systems 5, NAM manual Configuring Capture Sessions, Operation Description

Chapter 4 Capturing and Decoding Packet Data

Sessions

Table 4-1	Capture Session Fields (continued)
Operation		Description
Packets		Number of packets
State		The current status of the capture:
		• Running—Packet capture is in progress
		• Stopped—Packet capture is stopped. Captured packets remain in
		buffer, but no new packets are captured
		• Full (Cisco 2200 Series appliances only)—The memory or file is full,
		and no new packets will be captured.

Table 4-2,Buttons in the Capture Session Operations Window describes the operations that you can perform from the Capture Sessions window.

Table 4-2	Buttons in the Capture Session Operations Window
Operation		Description
Create		Create a new capture session. See Configuring Capture Sessions, page 4-4.
Edit		Edit the settings of the selected capture.
Delete		Delete a selected session.
Start		Start capturing to a selected session. The number in the Packets column for
		that session will start to rise.
Stop		Stop capturing to the selected session (no packets will go through). Capture
		data remains in the capture memory buffer, but no new data is stored. Click
		Start to resume the capture.
Clear		Clear captured data from memory.
Decode		Display details of the capture session.
Save to File		Save a session to a file on the NAM hard disk. See Files, page 4-15.

Configuring Capture Sessions

You can configure up to ten capture sessions. As part of configuring a capture session, you can also create software filters, if desired (see Creating a Software Filter, page 4-8).

To configure a new capture session:

Step 1 Choose Capture > Packet/Capture Decode > Sessions.

Step 2 Click the Create button to set up a new capture. The NAM Traffic Analyzer displays the Configure Capture Session window (shown in Figure 4-3). The Capture Settings window provides a field for you to enter a name for the capture and four status indicators described in Table 4-3.

User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0

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