Diagnostics Policies

In most cases, there is no need to capture all the traffic passing through the device. Using diagnostic policies, the device can classify the traffic and store only the required information.

Note	To reuse the policy, edit the policy and set it again.

To configure a diagnostics policy using Web Based Management

1.	Select Services > Diagnostics > Policies. The Diagnostics Policies pane is displayed.

2.	Click Create. The Diagnostics Policies Create pane is displayed.

3.	Configure the parameters; and then, click Set.

 

Table 40: Diagnostics Policies Parameters

Parameter	Description
Name	The user-defined name of the policy up to 20 characters.
Index	The number of the policy in the order in which the diagnostics tools classifies (that is, captures) the packets. Default: 1
Description	The user-defined description of the policy.
VLAN Tag Group	The VLAN Tag group whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Destination	The destination IP address or predefined class object whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures). Default: any — The diagnostics tool classifies (that is, captures) packets with any destination address.
Source	The source IP address or predefined class object whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures). Default: any — The diagnostics tool classifies (that is, captures) packets with any source address.
Outbound Port Group	The port group whose outbound packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Inbound Port Group	The port group whose inbound packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Service Type	The service type whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Service	The service whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures). Values: • None • Basic Filter • AND Group • OR Group Default: None
Destination MAC Group	The Destination MAC group whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Source MAC Group	The Source MAC group whose packets the policy classifies (that is, captures).
Maximal Number of Packets	The maximal number of packets the policy captures. Once the policy captures the specified number of packets, it stops capturing traffic. In some cases, the policy captures fewer packets than the configured value. This happens when the device is configured to drop packets.
Maximal Packet Length	The maximal length for a packet the policy captures.
Capture Status	Specifies whether the packet-capture feature is enabled in the policy. Values: Enabled, Disabled Default: Disabled
Trace-Log Status	Specifies whether the Trace-Log feature is enabled in the policy. Values: Enabled, Disabled Default: Disabled