Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Defining Filters and Triggers
Sharing Filters between Systems and Products
Importing Filters
You can import or export individual filters between other Sniffer Portable
Professional systems and some NetScout products (for example, Sniffer
InfiniStream, Sniffer Portable and Sniffer Distributed). Filters are
imported and exported through the Define Filter dialog box.
Individual filters can be imported from other Sniffer Portable
Professional units. Sniffer Portable Professional filters are compatible
with other NetScout products supporting the .snf format (for example,
Sniffer InfiniStream, Sniffer Portable, and Sniffer Distributed). Before
importing a filter to your Sniffer Portable Professional installation, place
the filter in a network drive accessible to the Sniffer Portable
Professional machine.
To import filters:
1 From the main toolbar, click to open the Define Filter dialog
box.
2 Click the Profiles button at the base of the Summary tab.
3 Click Import in the Capture Profiles dialog box.
4 Browse to the directory containing the capture or display filter.
5 Select a filter and click Open.
6 Click OK.
Exporting Filters
The filter appears in the filter list and is copied to the appropriate folder
on the Sniffer Portable Professional PC.
Individual filters can be exported for use with other NetScout products
supporting the .snf format (for example, Sniffer InfiniStream, Sniffer
Portable, and Sniffer Distributed).
To export filters:
1 From the main toolbar, click to open the Define Filter dialog
box.
2 Click the Profiles button at the base of the Summary tab.
3 Select a filter from the list.
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