Finisar Surveyor Creating and Applying a Conversation, Protocol and Frame Type, Station Addresses

Capture and Display Filters 7

Creating Filters with Filter Templates

Creating and Applying a Conversation

The Add Conversation to Template area of the Filter Design window provides a con- venient way to add address byte patterns to a filter. The area consists of a protocol selection, frame type selection, two station addresses, a direction indicator, and an enable/disable check box. Refer to the table below for field definitions that com- prise a conversation.

	Table 7-1. Defining Conversations
Conversation Element	Description
Protocol	MAC, IP, IPX, or Atalk (AppleTalk)
Frame Type	All, EV2 (Ethernet II), SNAP, 8022 (IEEE 802.2), 8023 (IEEE 802.3),
	ISL, Q+EV2
	Frame type applies to network layer addresses only. Use Q+EV2 in
	conjunction with VLAN as the Frame Type for Ports to filter on 802.1Q
	packets.
Station Address 1	Complete IP, IPX, MAC, or ATalk station address.
Traffic Direction Indicator	<->Capture/Display all traffic between Station 1 and Station 2
	->Capture/Display only the traffic where Station 1 is the Source
	Address and Station 2 is the Destination Address
	<- Capture/Display only the traffic where Station 2 is the Source
	Address and Station 1 is the Destination Address
Station Address 2	Complete IP, IPX, MAC, or ATalk station address.
Apply Conversation to	Enable (include) or Disable the conversation as part of the filter tem-
Template check box	plate.

Protocol and Frame Type

The protocol and the frame type are selected from pull-down boxes. Surveyor auto- matically restricts you from entering combinations that make no sense.

Surveyor will automatically set up the correct protocol and frame type when you select a station address from the name table.

Station Addresses
Station addresses can be entered directly or by clicking on the Name	button

after either Station Address field. Clicking on either button brings up the current name table to select an address. The Name Table window shows all name and address associations, including the protocol and the frame type. The name and address associations displayed are those in the currently active name table. Double- clicking on a name table entry will load that name into the currently-selectedStation Address field.

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