SMC Networks 6.20 manual Filter and Capture Groups, Matrix Menu and Tool Bar Descriptions

USING RMON

Table 9-17 Matrix Menu and Tool Bar Descriptions

Field	Description
File	Exit
Polling	Polling Time (5 - 3600 seconds), Pause, Resume
View	Table	– Cumulative, Delta, Specific Source/Destination
	Graph	– Packets, Bytes, Errors
Tool	Find	– Locates a specific MAC address in the matrix table.
	Sort	– Sorts the table based on any of the displayed columns, in ascending or
		descending order. (You can also sort the table by clicking on any column
		header.)
Control!	Control Table
Help	On-line help

Note: When specifying the view for a specific source-destination pair, you can specify both the source and destination, just the source or destination (using Any Address as shown in this example), or all the transmitted and received traffic for a specific address pair (using Reverse direction).

Filter and Capture Groups

The Filter Group is used to generate a packet

stream from the frames that match a specified pattern, while the Capture Group is used to manage the storage buffers for packets captured by the Filter Group. These groups can be used to capture network traffic associated with precisely defined events. The captured data or trigger events can then be used to

debug application problems or fine-tune network performance. From captured data, you can view the associated network protocol, summary information for each packet, or a detailed hexadecimal and ASCII breakdown of all traffic.

Use the control table to configure and activate channels as described below.

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