Prefiltering

Prefiltering allows you to filter the traffic at UCT-Vs before sending it to the GigaVUE V Series Nodes. For prefiltering the traffic, GigaVUE-FM allows you to create a prefiltering policy template, and the policy template can be applied to a monitoring session.

You can define a policy template with rules and filter values. A policy template once created can be applied to multiple monitoring sessions. However, a monitoring session can use only one template.

Each monitoring session can have a maximum of 16 rules.

You can also edit a specific policy template with required rules and filter values for a particular monitoring session while editing a monitoring session. However, the customized changes are not saved in the template.

Some of the points that must be remembered for prefiltering in Next Generation UCT-Vs are:

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Prefiltering is supported only in Next Generation UCT-Vs. It is not supported for classic mirroring mechanism.

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Prefiltering is supported for both Linux and Windows UCT-Vs.

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For a single monitoring session, only one prefiltering policy can be applied. All the agents in that monitoring session are configured with respective prefiltering policy.

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For multiple monitoring sessions, if the same agent is selected by two or more monitoring sessions, then prefiltering policy cannot be applied. It is default to PassAll.

Create Prefiltering Policy Template

GigaVUE-FM allows you to create a prefiltering policy template with a single rule or multiple rules. You can configure a rule with a single filter or multiple filters. Each monitoring session can have a maximum of 16 rules.

To create a prefiltering policy template, do the following steps:

1. Go to Resources > Prefiltering, and then click UCT-V.

2. Click New.

3. Enter the name of the template in the Template Name field.

4. Enter the name of a rule in the Rule Name field.

5. Click any one of the following options:

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Pass — Passes the traffic.

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Drop — Drops the traffic.

6. Click any one of the following options as per the requirement:

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Bi-Directional —- Allows the traffic in both directions of the flow. A single Bi-direction rule should consist of 1 Ingress and 1 Egress rule.

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Ingress — Filters the traffic that flows in.

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Egress — Filters the traffic that flows out.

7. Select the value of the priority based on which the rules must be prioritized for filtering. Select the value as 1 to pass or drop a rule in top priority. Similarly, you can select the value as 2, 3, 4 to 8, where 8 can be used for setting a rule with the least priority. Drop rules are added based on the priority and, then pass rules are added.

8. Select the Filter Type from the following options:

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L3

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L4

9. Select the Filter Name from the following options:

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ip4Src

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ip4Dst

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ip6Src

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ip6Dst

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Proto - It is common for both ipv4 and ipv6.

10. Select the Filter Relation from any one of the following options:

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Not Equal to

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Equal to

11. Enter the value for the given filter.

12. Click Save.

Note:  Click + to add more rules or filters. Click - to remove a rule or a filter.

To enable prefiltering, refer to Monitoring Session Options.