• GigaStor Gen3 Applicances (end of sale June 2018)
  • Appliances
    • GS-2P40-576T
      • GS-2P40-576T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-2P40-576T Installation
    • GS-2P40-288T
      • GS-2P40-288T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-2P40-288T Installation
    • GS-8P-576T
      • GS-8P-576T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-8P-576T Installation
    • GS-8P-384T
      • GS-8P-384T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-8P-384T Installation
    • GS-8P-288T
      • GS-8P-288T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-8P-288T Installation
    • GS-8P-192T
      • GS-8P-192T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-8P-192T Installation
    • GS-8P-96T
      • GS-8P-96T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-8P-96T Installation
    • GS-4P-32T
      • GS-4P-32T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-4P-32T Installation
    • GS-4P-16T
      • GS-4P-16T technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GS-4P-16T Installation
    • GPA-8P
      • GPA-8P technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • GPA-8P Installation
    • GSP-8P-9T
      • GSP-8P-9T technical specifications
      • About GSP-8P-9T
      • GSP-8P-9T Installation
    • GSP-8P-6TSSD
      • GSP-8P-6TSSD technical specifications
      • About GSP-8P-6TSSD
      • GSP-8P-6TSSD Installation
    • GSP-2P40-6TSSD
      • GSP-2P40-6TSSD technical specifications
      • About GSP-2P40-6TSSD
      • GSP-2P40-6TSSD Installation
    • APEX-ENT-32T
      • Apex technical specifications
      • Parts list
      • APEX-ENT-32T Installation
  • VIAVI Rail Kit (Gen3 Edition)
    • How to install the rails
    • How to remove your appliance from the rails
    • How to remove the rails from a cabinet
    • Rail kit hardware
  • Startup and shutdown (GS models)
  • Installing the drives in your Observer Platform appliance
    • How to handle hard drives properly
  • How to set the IP address
  • Configuring the LOM or IPMI port
  • How to install the SFPs
  • Getting started
    • Getting started using your GigaStor
      • What is the GigaStor?
      • Differences between GigaStor Software Edition and GigaStor
        • Minimum and recommended system specifications
        • Storage limits of packet capture for GigaStor Software Edition (GSE)
        • How to determine disk space requirements for network trending
      • Using the GigaStor Control Panel
      • Non-GigaStor-specific settings
      • Setting the GigaStor general options
        • Shorten your time slice to find a top talker
      • Understanding GigaStor protocol and port settings
    • Hardening your GigaStor
      • How to change the Windows administrator password
      • Installing Windows updates and updating virus protection
      • How to disable NetBIOS
      • How to disable Windows features
  • Probe deployment
    • Deploying probes in your network
      • Monitoring half-duplex and full-duplex Ethernet links
      • Monitoring wireless traffic
      • Deciding where to place probes in your network
      • Ports used by Observer Platform v17 and later
  • Gen3 Capture Card
    • Hardware configuration
      • Understanding the capture card
      • Supported QSFP+/SFP/SFP+ media types
      • How to configure the card for an optical TAP, SPAN, or other
        • When to use a SPAN/mirror port
    • Software configuration
      • How to view the capture card properties
      • How to create virtual adapters
      • How to remove duplicate packets in real time
      • How to assign physical ports to probe instances
      • How to change the monitored network adapter
    • Understanding hardware acceleration
      • How to enable hardware acceleration
        • Redirecting a probe instance
      • Hardware-accelerated mode restrictions
      • Features that require hardware acceleration
    • Capture card device properties
      • General
      • Current State
      • Advanced Settings
      • Driver
      • Details
      • Events
      • Resources
    • How to identify your GigaStor
      • Capture card details
    • Understanding time stamps
      • How to reorder packets based on a trailer timestamp
        • Timestamp types
        • Trailer filters
      • Setting the probe’s time clock synchronization settings
        • Daylight Savings Time
      • Supported time stamp and synchronization methods
    • Understanding duplicate packets
      • Understanding packet deduplication
      • How to remove duplicate packets in real time
        • Deduplication details for the capture card
      • How to remove duplicate packets from saved captures
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting the GigaStor Control Panel
      • GigaStor Control Panel option is grayed out
      • GigaStor is full or does not have the history you expect
      • TCP applications are not appearing in the GigaStor Control Panel
      • Loading decodes in Observer is slow
  • Backups and Restoring
    • Backups and Restoring
      • Exporting GigaStor data for archiving
      • How to restore a GigaStor probe to factory settings
  • OVA Quick Start
    • How to import and deploy your OVA file
      • OVA requirements
  • GigaStor Gen3 comparison
    • Gen3 comparison
  • GigaStor Gen3 PDFs

GigaStor Gen3 Applicances (end of sale June 2018)

GigaStor Gen3 PDFs