Appliance Trim Kit User Manual

Volume 9: Managing the Blue Coat SG Appliance

To enable, stop, and download packet captures:

1. Select

Maintenance > Service Information > Packet Captures.

2. In the

Direction drop-down list, select the capture direction: in, out, or both.

3. In the

Interface drop-down list, select the interface on which to capture.

4. To define or change the PCAP filter expression, enter the filter information into the

Capture filter field. (See “Common PCAP Filter Expressions” on page 52 for

information about PCAP filter expressions for this field.) To remove the filter, clear

this field.

5. Click

Start Capture. The Start Capture dialog displays.

Note: Requesting a packet capture download stops packet capturing.

To analyze captured packet data, you must have a tool that reads Packet Sniffer Pro 1.1

files (for example, Ethereal or Packet Sniffer Pro 3.0).