Document Outline

• GigaStor User Guide
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 About the GigaStor
    • GigaStor versions
  • Chapter 2 Installing Your GigaStor
    • Unpacking and inspecting the parts
    • Installing the GigaStor and connecting the cables
    • Setting the GigaStor’s IP address
    • Connecting Observer to the GigaStor
      • Redirecting the GigaStor probe
      • Probe administration
      • GigaStor Capture Analysis
    • 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
      • Gigabit copper
    • Tapping a WAN connection
      • T1/E1
        • Digital
        • Serial
      • DS3/E3
        • Digital
        • Serial/HSSI
    • Installing the drives in your GigaStor
      • Connecting the GigaStor Expandable to the expansion units
  • Chapter 3 Packet Capture or GigaStor Capture
    • Capturing Packets with the GigaStor
    • Packet capture buffer and statistics buffer
  • Chapter 4 GigaStor Control Panel
    • Display Controls
    • Right-click menus
    • Analyze button
    • Configuring the GigaStor through the Control Panel
      • GigaStor Options tab
      • GigaStor Chart tab
      • GigaStor Outline
      • Capture Graph tab
      • GigaStor Schedule tab
        • Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Time Intervals
      • Statistics Lists tab
      • Subnet
      • GigaStor reports
      • Export
  • Chapter 5 Using Observer with a WAN Probe
    • Discover Network Names
      • Setting the Committed Information Rate (CIR) for a DLCI
    • WAN Bandwidth Utilization
    • WAN Vital Signs by DLCI
    • WAN Load by DLCI
    • WAN Top Talkers
    • WAN Filtering
    • Triggers and Alarms
  • Chapter 6 Forensic Analysis using Snort
    • Starting Forensic Analysis using Snort rules
      • Creating a forensic analysis profile from the GigaStor control panel
      • About Forensic Analysis tab
      • About the Forensic Analysis Log tab
    • Forensic Analysis Profile field descriptions
      • Forensic Analysis Profile Settings tab
      • Rules tab
  • Chapter 7 Observer on the GigaStor
    • Using the Observer console locally on the GigaStor
  • Chapter 8 Probe Instances
    • What is a probe instance?
  • Chapter 9 Gen2 Capture Card
    • Swapping the Gen2 card’s SFP or XFP interfaces
    • Configuring virtual adapters on the Gen2 card
    • Viewing the Gen2 card’s properties and finding the board’s ID
  • Appendix A TCP/IP ports, NAT, and VPN
    • TCP/IP ports
    • NAT
    • VPN
  • Appendix B GigaStor, GigaStor Expandable, and Expansion Unit Cases
    • GigaStor
    • GigaStor Expandable
      • Controller unit
      • Expansion unit
  • Appendix C GigaStor Portable
    • Running Observer passively
    • Using the portable GigaStor as a probe
  • Index
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