Finisar Upgrading Surveyor, Supported Analyzer Cards and Network Adapter Cards, Desktop PC

Surveyor

User’s Guide

Table 2-2. Supported Analyzer Cards and Network Adapter Cards

Network Analyzer	Desktop PC:
Cards	THGm (Ten/Hundred/Gigabit module) analyzer card
	THGm analyzer cards require an available PCI slot.
	Analyzer cards require processing memory based on the capture buffer
	memory available on the card.
Network Adapters,	Desktop PC: NDIS-compatible Ethernet adapter or NDIS-compatible 4/16
Network Adapter/	Token Ring adapter card.
Analyzer Cards	• 10/100 Ethernet Adapters require an NDIS enhanced 16/32 bit driver
	and must be in promiscuous mode.
	• 4/16 Token Ring Adapters require an NDIS enhanced 16/32 bit driver.
	Adapters accessible through NDIS drivers must be compatible with the NIC 2.0
	standard. Not all Token Ring adapters are supported.
	Notebook PC: Portable Surveyor 10/100 Ethernet Analyzer Card or
	NDIS-compatible Ethernet adapter.
	• Portable Surveyor 10/100 Ethernet Analyzer Cards require a CardBus
	slot.
	• 10/100 Ethernet Adapters require an NDIS enhanced 16/32 bit driver
	and must be in promiscuous mode.

See the Readme file for the latest information on supported analyzers and adapters for Surveyor 5.0.

Upgrading Surveyor

If you have a previous version of Surveyor, install version 5.0 into the same directory as the previous version. Do not save older versions of the software on your system.

The format of the .ini file has changed. If you have customized the .ini file in a previous version, you will be required to re-enter your changes to the new .ini file once the software is installed. Other user-generated files such as filters (.cfd), capture files (.cap), and transmit specifications (.tsp) can be saved when you install Surveyor in the same directory as the previous version.

Surveyor 5.0 has different table formats from previous versions. It is required that you upgrade all PCs and remote analyzer devices to the latest software version. Although remote communications may work without upgrading, you may see data that is out of order or missing in Surveyor tables.

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