Policy Configuration : Viewing Network Diagnostic Settings
Configuring Logging Settings
This section describes how to configure Packet Monitor logging settings. These settings provide a way to configure automatic logging of the capture buffer to an external FTP server. When the buffer fills up, the packets are transferred to the FTP server. The capture continues without interruption.
If you configure automatic FTP logging, this supersedes the setting for wrapping the buffer when full. With automatic FTP logging, the capture buffer is effectively wrapped when full, but you also retain all the data rather than overwriting it each time the buffer wraps.
To configure logging settings, complete the following steps:
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Navigate to the Diagnostics > Packet Monitor page and click Configure.
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In the Packet Monitor Configuration window, click the Logging tab.
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In the FTP Server IP Address box, type the IP address of the FTP server.
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NOTE: Make sure that the FTP server IP address is reachable by the SonicWALL appliance. An IP address that is reachable only through a VPN tunnel is not supported.
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In the Login ID box, type the login name that the SonicWALL appliance should use to connect to the FTP server.
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In the Password box, type the password that the SonicWALL appliance should use to connect to the FTP server.
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In the Directory Path box, type the directory location for the transferred files. The files are written to this location relative to the default FTP root directory.
For libcap format, files are named “packet-log--<>.cap”, where the <> contains a run number and date including hour, month, day, and year. For example, packet-log--3-22-08292006.cap.
For HTML format, file names are in the form “packet-log_h-<>.html”. For example, an HTML file name is: packet-log_h-3-22-08292006.html.
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To enable automatic transfer of the capture file to the FTP server when the buffer is full, select Log To FTP Server Automatically. Files are transferred in both libcap and HTML format.
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To enable transfer of the file in HTML format as well as libcap format, select Log HTML File Along With .cap File (FTP).
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To test the connection to the FTP server and transfer the capture buffer contents to it, click Log Now. In this case the file name contains an ‘F’.
For example, packet-log-F-3-22-08292006.cap or packet-log_h-F-3-22-08292006.html.
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To save your settings and exit the configuration window, click OK.