Configuring Vlan Mac Filters For Pcap - Avaya 8800 Troubleshooting Manual

7. Configure the PCAP engine buffer size:
8. Configure the fragment size, which is the number of bytes of each captured packet
9. Enable packet capture globally.

Configuring VLAN MAC filters for PCAP

Use PCAP with VLAN MAC address (forwarding database) filters to reduce traffic flow on the
PCAP engine.
Prerequisites
• A VLAN exists.
• For more information about VLANs and MAC filters, see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch
8800/8600 Configuration — VLANs and Spanning Tree, NN46205-517.
Procedure steps
1. Enable PCAP with the mode set to rxFilter.
2. Enable PCAP with FDB filters on a VLAN. To enable PCAP for an FDB filter by MAC
Variable definitions
Use the information in the following table to help you perform this procedure.
<mac>
<port>
Troubleshooting
config diag pcap buffer-size 10
that is captured.
config diag pcap fragment-size 200
config diag pcap enable true
config diag pcap enable true
config eth <port> pcap enable true mode rxFilter
address, use the following command:
config vlan <vid> fdb-filter pcap <mac> enable
Variable
Specifies the MAC address in the format
0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00.
Specifies the slot and port.
PCAP configuration
Value
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