Finisar Surveyor - Manual (Page 24)

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Surveyor
User’s Guide
Analyzer Devices
The full power of Surveyor is realized through optional hardware analyzer cards
available from Finisar. Analyzer cards from Finisar are installed in a PC, a notebook
PC, or in a separate analyzer device. The table below provides a brief summary of
the Finisar analyzer devices used by Surveyor:
See Chapter 5 for more detailed information on how Surveyor uses analyzer
devices.
Protocols Supported
Table 1-4 on the following page lists the network and application protocols that
Surveyor can decode. For a listing of protocol specifications and information, refer
to Appendix C.
Note that Finisar continually adds to the list of protocols it can decode. If you do not
see a protocol on this list that you need, visit the Finisar web site, www.Finisar.com,
or check with Customer Support for new additions.
Table 1-3. Finisar Analyzer Devices
Finisar Device Description
THGm (Ten/Hundred/
Gigabit module) PCI-bus hardware card that installs in a PC for analyzing 10/100 Ethernet
or Gigabit Ethernet networks.
THGs Analyzer device accessed remotely by Surveyor. THGs contains two syn-
chronized THGm modules for analysis of full-duplex 10, 100, or Gigabit
Ethernet traffic at full-line rate.
THGsE Analyzer device accessed remotely by Surveyor. THGsE contains two syn-
chronized THGm modules for analysis of full-duplex 10, 100, or Gigabit
Ethernet traffic at full-line rate. THGsE also contains a 80MB hard disk for
capture to disk.
THGp Portable analyzer/PC device running Surveyor and other analyzer soft-
ware. THGp contains one or more THGm modules for analysis of 10, 100,
or Gigabit Ethernet traffic at full-line rate.
THGnotebook Portable undercarriage unit with one or two THGm analyzer cards
designed to operate with a high-performance notebook computer. Connec-
tion to the notebook PC is via PCI bus expansion. Full line rate THGm ana-
lyzer cards are made available from a notebook PC.
Portable Surveyor 10/
100 Ethernet Ana-
lyzer Card CardBus analyzer/adapter card that installs in a notebook PC for analyzing
10/100 Ethernet networks.