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User Guide
Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
Network
Network
The Network page gives you access to multiple pages that show nodes, links, sessions in tabular format and graphs and traffic in a graphical format.
Nodes
The Nodes page lets you view all the network nodes in your environment and perform actions on them.
Request a trace for a node
The Nodes page lets you request a trace for a selected node.

Guardian
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
  - Sensors
  - Alerts
  - Assets
  - Queries
  - Smart Polling
  - Arc
  - Network
    - Network
      The Network page gives you access to multiple pages that show nodes, links, sessions in tabular format and graphs and traffic in a graphical format.
      - Nodes
        The Nodes page lets you view all the network nodes in your environment and perform actions on them.
        Configure a node
        The Nodes page lets you configure nodes.
        Show alerts for a node
        The Nodes page lets you show alerts for a selected node.
        Show requested traces for a node
        The Nodes page lets you show requested traces for a selected node.
        Request a trace for a node
        The Nodes page lets you request a trace for a selected node.
        Manage learning for a node
        The Nodes page lets you manage the learning for a selected node.
        Navigate from a node
        The Nodes page lets you navigate to related entities from a selected node.
        Add a node to a Smart Polling plan
        The Nodes page lets you add a node to an existing Smart Polling plan.
      - Links
        The Links page shows all the links in your environment.
      - Sessions
        A session is established at a certain point in time, and later turned down. An established communication session might involve more than one message in each direction.
      - Graph
        The Graph pages gives a graphical representation of the nodes in the environment.
      - Traffic
        The Traffic page shows charts with information about throughput, protocols, and open transmission control protocol (TCP) connections.
      - Graph controls
        A list of the different control options in the graph view.
  - Process
  - Reports
  - Assertions
  - Time machine
  - Vulnerabilities
  - Administration
  - Personal settings
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Request a trace for a node

The Nodes page lets you request a trace for a selected node.

In the top navigation bar, select icon > Network.
The Network page opens.
Select Nodes.
The Nodes page opens.
To the left of the applicable node, select the icon.
A dialog shows.
To set the maximum packet size, in the Trace max size (packets) field, enter a value.

Note: The default size is 5000 packets.
To set the maximum duration of the trace, in the Trace max duration (seconds) field, enter a value.

Note: The default value is 60 seconds.
Note: The Packet filter field is automatically populated with a Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) that captures the packets to/from the selected node, but you can customize this.
If necessary, customize this field.

Note: You can select BPF syntax help to show more information on BPF syntax.

Note: You can select BPF examples to see some examples.
Select Send trace request.

The trace has been requested.