Finisar Surveyor User Manual

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Chapter 3
Getting Started
The Surveyor System
A complete Surveyor system consists of Surveyor software and at least one Finisar 
distributed net QoS system, analyzer card, or NDIS-compatible Ethernet adapter. 
Multiple devices can be installed in the local host PC. 
With the Remote plug-in you have access to other PCs containing Finisar analyzer 
cards, NDIS adapters, or other devices such as Finisar’s THGs or tap device. All 
remote devices must be properly installed before they can be accessed by Surveyor.
Launching Surveyor
The base memory address is not required for portable analyzer cards or THGm cards 
when you launch Surveyor.
Perform the following steps to set up your environment and launch the Surveyor 
software:
1. Launch the Surveyor program.
Double-click on the 
 icon in the Surveyor group or other group where 
you installed the Surveyor application.
2. The first time you launch Surveyor, you’ll be asked if you have any local 
analyzer or tap devices. 
If you do not have any local analyzer devices, do not check any boxes, click 
OK
and skip to step 3.
If you have THGm analyzer cards installed in your local system or switching 
taps connected to your local system, select the appropriate box and click 
OK
Surveyor displays the 
System Settings
 dialog box. 
Use the 
Scanning Ports
 tab in the dialog box to tell Surveyor which ports to scan 
to access the analyzer cards you have installed on your system. Click the check 
box opposite the module number that corresponds to base memory address of