Viewing The Gen2 Card's Properties And Finding The Board's Id - Network Instruments GigaStor User Manual

13. For each virtual adapter listed as a passive probe instance that you want to promote to an active probe
instance, select it, right click and choose Make Instance Active.
14. A message appears with information about the change. Click Yes to accept the changes.
Your virtual adapters are now configured. Now that your virtual adapters are created, you may also need to
create a passive probe instance or add additional users.

Viewing the Gen2 card's properties and finding the board's ID

Although generally unnecessary, viewing the Gen2 card's properties allows you to verify what you think is
happening at the card level (such as SFP activity, link spee, autonegotiation) actually is happening.
To retrieve the board's ID or view the Gen2 card's properties:
1. On the GigaStor system, choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer. Choose My
Computer and right-click and choose Manage. The Computer Management window opens.
2. In the tree on the left, select Device Manager.
3. In the tree on the right, expand Network Instruments Capture Adapters.
Figure 20: Gen2 Card Properties – Current State tab
The SFP State shows the type of SFP connected. C for copper and F for fiber.
Link state is a way to see if the Gen2 card is synchronized with the SPAN/TAP/Matrix. If the link state
is not green, there is a problem. Click Advanced Settings tab to try and change the adapter speed
or auto-negotiation. Close the windows and go back to see if there is any change.
Do not make any changes to the settings on the Advanced Settings tab unless directed by the Support
department! The DMA buffer size and DMA copy size are optimized at the factory for your specific
motherboard and Gen2 card.
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