Packet summary view, Duplicate address view (expert plug-in only) – Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Views

Data Views

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acket Summary View

Packet Summary View shows a real-time protocol decode. Packets received are
decoded and the result of the decode is displayed.

The packets scroll up the screen as they are decoded. A unique color can be used to
display packets of each different protocol layer.

From Summary View, set the view preferences to

Packet Summary

to see this view

in the first tab. From Detail View, select

Packet Summary

from the

Monitor View

menu to open a window with the Packet Summary View.

Duplicate Address View (Expert plug-in only)

From Detail View, click on the

button to open a window with Duplicate

Address View. You can also see this view from Summary View. To see Duplicate
Address View, set the view preferences to Duplicate Address View to this view in
the first tab.

Duplicate Address View is available as a table showing all duplicate network
addresses. MAC station names and addresses and network station names and
addresses. Duplicate Address View is not available as a chart. Use this table if you
need to determine what stations may have duplicate addresses.

If you are monitoring a remote device, you must open one of the host tables for that
remote device for new duplicate addresses to show in Duplicate Address View.

MAC Station Address

MAC station address

Network Station Name

Name of the network station

Network Station Address

Network layer address of the network station

Table 6-19. Duplicate Address View, Table Column Descriptions

Table Column

Description

Network Station Name

Name of the network station

Network Station Address

Network layer address of the network station (duplicate)

MAC Station Name

Name of the MAC station

MAC Station Address

Address of the MAC station

VLAN ID

Decimal number of the virtual LAN. Virtual LANs using Cisco’s ISL pro-
tocols are the only virtual LANs recognized at this time. Click on the
VLAN ID to see a network station or network conversation view of that
VLAN.

Table 6-18. Address Map View, Table Column Descriptions

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