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Searching Adaptive Views EARLY FIELD TRIAL Chapter 7 158 Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer Because the postcapture display can include thousands and thousands of entries, it can be useful to search for particular frames. Using Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer’s powerful search abilities, you can search for frames in the Adaptive Session and Decode views that match a text string in either the Summary or Detail views. NOTE: In addition to searching for frames, you can also advance to a particular frame in the Decode tab by specifying its number. Do this by selecting the Go to Frame command from the Display menu and supplying the frame number in the dialog box that appears. To search for packets matching a text string: 1 Display the Find Frame dialog box using any of the following commands: Select Find Frame from the Display menu. Select Find Frame from the Decode tab’s context menu (activated by right-clicking anywhere on the Decode tab). Use the Alt-F3 keyboard shortcut. The Find Frame dialog box contains only a Text tab when launched from an Adaptive view. The Text tab lets you search for frames containing a specified text string. 2 Enter the text to search in the field provided. The dropdown list includes previously performed text searches. 3 Specify in which portion of the Decode tab to search for the specified from the options provided. 4 Specify whether the search is case-sensitive using the Match case option. 5 Specify the search direction. 6 Click OK. If the string is found, the entry containing the text will be displayed in the postcapture. Press F3 to search for the next packet matching the same criteria.

EARLY FIELD TRIAL Using Filters with Adaptive Postcapture Views Adaptive Session Analysis You can use filters created from the Quick Select window independently against both the Adaptive Session and Adaptive Decode views. Use the the Create/Apply Filter command, either from the Display menu or from the right-click context menu. Keep in mind that display filters used with Adaptive views are limited to IP Address and Port criteria. Refer to Applying Adaptive Display Filters on page 136 for details on using filters with Adaptive views. Enabling VLAN Data Collection If Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer is connected to a switch SPAN port, make sure you enable VLAN data collection on the network interface card to prevent VLAN IDs from being stripped before the application sees them. With VLAN data collection enabled, you’ll be able to see VLAN IDs in postcapture decodes. Refer to the Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer Installation Guide for details on usin g the sniffer_vlan_edit.exe tool included with the product to enable VLAN data collection for adapters using Intel and Broadcom chipsets. User’s Guide 159

EARLY FIELD TRIAL<br />

Using Filters with <strong>Adaptive</strong> Postcapture Views<br />

<strong>Adaptive</strong> Session Analysis<br />

You can use filters created from the Quick Select window independently<br />

against both the <strong>Adaptive</strong> Session and <strong>Adaptive</strong> Decode views. Use the<br />

the Create/Apply Filter command, either from the Display menu or<br />

from the right-click context menu. Keep in mind that display filters used<br />

with <strong>Adaptive</strong> views are limited to IP Address and Port criteria.<br />

Refer to Applying <strong>Adaptive</strong> Display Filters on page 136 for details on<br />

using filters with <strong>Adaptive</strong> views.<br />

Enabling VLAN Data Collection<br />

If <strong>Sniffer</strong> <strong>Adaptive</strong> <strong>Application</strong> <strong>Analyzer</strong> is connected to a switch SPAN<br />

port, make sure you enable VLAN data collection on the network<br />

interface card to prevent VLAN IDs from being stripped before the<br />

application sees them. With VLAN data collection enabled, you’ll be able<br />

to see VLAN IDs in postcapture decodes.<br />

Refer to the <strong>Sniffer</strong> <strong>Adaptive</strong> <strong>Application</strong> <strong>Analyzer</strong> Installation Guide for<br />

details on usin g the sniffer_vlan_edit.exe tool included with the<br />

product to enable VLAN data collection for adapters using Intel and<br />

Broadcom chipsets.<br />

User’s Guide 159

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