Introduction

SmartNIC Filtering with Link-Capture™ Software

Platform
Napatech SmartNIC
Content Type
User Guide
Capture Software Version
Link™ Capture Software 12.11

The filtering functionality is used to identify particular frames based on classification criteria and to define policies with multiple actions.

In this document

This document describes how to configure Napatech SmartNICs with Link-Capture™ Software for filtering target frames. This document includes descriptions of:
  • Port filter using the received port information.
  • Protocol filter using the identified protocol information.
  • Error filter using the error information of FCS/IP/UDP/TCP checksum and other error conditions.
  • Length filter based on the full length or a part of the length in a frame.
  • Data filter based on user-defined fields.
  • Key match using various fields of a frame to be searched for in lists or ranges of values.
Various filter types can be combined to select target frames.