Finisar Surveyor 用户手册

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Surveyor's user interface provides both a comprehensive view of the network as 
well as the ability to easily drill down to a specific network segment. Surveyor's 
main window provides a single, user-defined view for each of the segments being 
monitored. The user determines what information to view for each segment such as 
network utilization, protocol distribution, host table, etc. In this same window, the 
user can create alarms that monitor multiple segments simultaneously.

An optional Expert plug-in includes expert features for automatic and very detailed 
problem diagnosis. Potential error conditions are automatically logged. Counters, 
addresses, protocols, and diagnostic information related to the detected network 
condition are displayed. You can also set alarms to be informed of any events 
detected by the Expert system.

For test and development environments, an optional Packet Blaster plug-in software 
provides advanced traffic generation and intelligent packet and file editing 
capabilities.

Surveyor provides tremendous flexibility in performing the tasks required to 
monitor and troubleshoot your network. As your Surveyor expertise grows you will 
find that the number of ways you can set up and apply the tool are virtually limitless. 

The basic functions of Surveyor are described in Table 1-1. Table 1-2 on the next 
page shows the additional functions available with the optional Surveyor software 
modules, called plug-ins.

Capture

Capture data from a network and place it in system memory space (buffer) 
on an analyzer device. Surveyor lets you create and save capture filters that 
direct analyzer devices to capture only the information you want to view and 
analyze.

Capture View

Look at the data in a way that is useful for network analysis and troubleshoot-
ing. Surveyor lets you create and save viewing filters to display only the infor-
mation you want to analyze. The data can be viewed in numerous ways and 
from different perspectives. Display of the data can be either as graphical 
charts or row-and-column tables.

Filter

Surveyor lets you create and save capture/display filters to collect/display 
only the information you want to view and analyze.

Save

Move captured data from a capture buffer to a storage device on the Sur-
veyor host PC. Surveyor enables you to store captured data onto your hard 
drive for later viewing, analysis, or transmission.