Hardware Profiles settings tell a capture adapter the type of
traffic to capture and how to manage that traffic. If the selected adapter supports
hardware profiles, then a single Hardware Profiles can be
selected for the capture you are configuring. Hardware profiles can slice the packets,
discard error or duplicate packets, and apply an address, port, MPLS, VLAN, or value
filter. Different settings can be applied per capture adapter channel as well. Select
the desired Hardware Profile for the capture you are configuring.
To create and configure Hardware Profiles, go to the
Settings view and select Hardware
Profiles.
Important: All of the
hardware profile settings are applied in hardware, and allow for better performance
than performing these operations in software.
Note: Use
only one hardware profile per capture at a time.