Network Instruments 114ff Expansion unit

GigaStor Expandable

AppendixB GigaStor, GigaStor Expandable, and Expansion Unit Cases

130

rev. 1

Figure 89 shows the back of the GigaStor Expandable.

Figure89 GigaStor Expandable rear view

Expansion unit

Figure90 Expansion unit

ABC

124

3124

Serial ATA Disk Interfaces (3)

only available on GigaStor Exandable

Power Supply

On/O Keyboard and Monitor

Gen2 Capture Card

10/100/1000 Ethernet

A13

A16

A12

A14

A10

A15

A11

A13

A16

A12

A14

A10

A15

A11

Individual Drive Activity

Temperature Probe

Fan LED

Power LED

Reset Button

Alarm Button

Motherboard Power Button

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Contents

Main Page Page Trademark Notices Limited WarrantyHardware Limited WarrantySoftware Liability Ownership and Confidentiality End User License Agreement (EULA) Technical Support Page Contents Chapter 1: About the GigaStor Chapter 2: Installing Your GigaStor Chapter 3: Packet Capture or GigaStor Capture Chapter 4: GigaStor Control Panel Chapter 5: Using Observer with a WAN Probe Chapter 6: Forensic Analysis using Snort Page Page Page GigaStor versions Page Page Page Unpacking and inspecting the parts Installing the GigaStor and connecting the cables Setting the GigaStors IP address Page Page Connecting Observer to the GigaStor Redirecting the GigaStor probe Page Probe administration Page Page Page Page GigaStor Capture Analysis Page Configuring Observer for your Gigabit device Jumbo Frame Support (Gigabit Ethernet) Configuring Terms of Service and Quality of Service settings Configuring Observer for your WAN device Digital DS3/E3/HSSI Probe Settings Digital T1/E1 Probe Settings Serial T1/E1 Probe Settings Tapping an Ethernet or Fibre Channel connection 10/100/1000, 10GbE Optical, and Fibre Channel Page Figure24 GigaStor with an optical nTAP Gigabit copper Page Tapping a WAN connection T1/E1 Digital Page Serial Figure28 WAN Serial T1/E1 TAP DS3/E3 Digital Figure 29 DS 3/E3 TAP Serial/HSSI Figure30 WAN HSSI Installing the drives in your GigaStor Installing the drives in your GigaStor Chapter2 Installing Your GigaStor 51 rev. 1 CAUTION GIGASTOR E XPANDABLE D L Drive ID sticker GigaStor (8 drive) GigaStor (16 drive) GigaStor Expandable expansion units Connecting the GigaStor Expandable to the expansion units Page Capturing Packets with the GigaStor Packet capture buffer and statistics buffer Page Page Page Page Display Controls Right-click menus Analyze button Figure37 GigaStor Analysis Options window Table4 describes what the fields in the various sections control. Table 4 GigaStor Analysis Options Configuring the GigaStor through the Control Panel GigaStor Options tab Page Table 5 GigaStor Options tab GigaStor Chart tab GigaStor Outline Page Capture Graph tab GigaStor Schedule tab Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Time Intervals Statistics Lists tab Subnet Page Page GigaStor reports Page Export Page Page Discover Network Names Setting the Committed Information Rate (CIR) for a DLCI Page WAN Bandwidth Utilization WAN Vital Signs by DLCI WAN L oad b y DLC I Page WAN To p Talke rs WAN F ilte ring Triggers and Alarms Page Page Page Starting Forensic Analysis using Snort rules Page Creating a forensic analysis profile from the GigaStor control panel Page Page Page About Forensic Analysis tab About the Forensic Analysis Log tab Forensic Analysis Profile field descriptions Forensic Analysis Profile Settings tab Table 8 Forensic Analysis Profile Settings tab Page Page Page Page Rules tab Page Using the Observer console locally on the GigaStor Page Page Page What is a probe instance? Page RAID Page Swapping the Gen2 cards SFP or XFP interfaces Configuring virtual adapters on the Gen2 card Page Page Page Viewing the Gen2 cards properties and finding the boards ID Page Page Page TCP/IP ports NAT VPN Page Page GigaStor Figure 87 shows the front of the GigaStor. Figure87 GigaStor Table 10 GigaStor LEDs and Buttons GigaStor Expandable Controller unit Figure88 GigaStor Expandable controller Table 11 GigaStor Expandable LEDs and Buttons Figure 89 shows the back of the GigaStor Expandable. Figure89 GigaStor Expandable rear view Expansion unit Figure90 Expansion unit Serial ATA Disk Interfaces (3) only available on GigaStor Exandable Power Supply On/O Keyboard and Monitor Gen2 Capture Card 10/100/1000 Ethernet Serial ATA Disk Interface Power Supply On/O Page Page Page Page Running Observer passively Using the portable GigaStor as a probe Page Index Numerics A B C E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U W X