Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer: Adaptive Mode ... - NetScout

EARLY FIELD TRIAL
Using the Address Book
Overview
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This section explains how to assign familiar and recognizable names to
your network nodes in the postcapture analysis window for raw packets
. The following topics are covered:
Introducing the Address Book on page 255
Adding Addresses Manually on page 258
IMPORTANT: Address Book name resolution is not used in the Adaptive
postcapture views. It is only used for data captured in Raw mode.
IMPORTANT: You can also assign familiar names to various statistics
shown in the Statistics panel and Create/Edit Filters dialog box using
aliases. See Setting Aliases Tab Options on page 250 for details.
Introducing the Address Book
The Address Book lets you maintain a symbolic names table for your
network. Use symbolic names in place of six-byte hardware addresses,
IP addresses, and IPX addresses in the Expert and postcapture displays
for data captured in Raw mode.
IMPORTANT: Address Book name resolution is not used in the Adaptive
postcapture views. It is only used for data captured in Raw mode.
Display the address book from Tools > Address Book. See Using the
Address Book Toolbar on page 257.
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