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Chapter 3 Defining Preferences and Using Configuration, Diagnostic, and File Management Tools
Diagnostic Tools
Summary
The Summary dialog box shows the traffic selectors and the buffer parameters for the packet capture.
Fields
Traffic Selectors—Shows the capture and access list configuration specified in the previous steps.
Buffer Parameters—Shows the buffer parameters specified in the previous step.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available:
Run Captures
The Run Captures dialog box lets you start and stop the capture session. You can also view the capture
buffer, launch a network analyzer application, save the packet captures, and clear the buffer.
Fields
Start—Starts the packet capture session on selected interfaces.
Stop—Stops the packet capture session on selected interfaces.
Get Capture Buffer—Specifies to show a snapshot of the captured packets on the interface.
Ingress—Shows the capture buffer on the ingress interface.
Launch Network Sniffer Application—Launches the packet analysis application specified in
Tools > Preferences for analyzing the ingress capture.
Egress—Shows the capture buffer on the egress interface.
Launch Network Sniffer Application—Launches the packet analysis application specified in
Tools > Preferences for analyzing the egress capture.
Save Captures—Lets you save the ingress and egress captures in either ASCII or PCAP format.
Clear Buffer on Device—Clears the buffer on the device.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available:
Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System
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Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System
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