Using ClusterCATS
ClusterCATS Utilities

Using sniff

The sniff utility is a network management tool that displays the packets that a specific network interface card (NIC) is hearing.

Syntax

Invoke sniff from the command line in the <CC_install_directory>/program directory using the following syntax:

sniff

Sample output

Below is sample output from the sniff utility:

Mail Test Environment Variables:

   BTMailHost,     BTSender,       BTRecipients,   BTSubject,    BTText
 Packet Test Environment Variables:
   BTPort,         BTMcastTTL,     BTUcastCount,   BTBcastCount, BTMcastCount
   BTSendInterval, BTDoLocalBind,  BTUcastAddress, BTBcastAddress
   BTMcastAddress, BTLocalAddress, BTSendSize,     BTRecvSize
   BTConsole,      BTLogFile,      BTSystem

 Press keys at run-time:
  d - dump sniff configuration information
  H - display this and more help
  h - display this help
  l - run load balance test thread
  m - run mail test thread
  p - toggle packet dump display
  q, <ESC>, <ENTER> - quit all active threads and exit
  r - run UDP listener thread
  s - run packet test thread
  x - execute system command

Use the "r" command within sniff to listen to intra-cluster packets:
Listen Thread thread running on 'any' interface...

[ SrvHello    @ Tue Jun 30 17:01:57 1998] 192.168.0.213
boston1.brighttiger.com          (192.168.0.118  ) (255.255.255.0  )
sales_automation   Mcast V1.2    Available   2/90
[[ SrvHello    @ Tue Jun 30 17:01:57 1998] 192.168.0.213
somewhere.brighttiger.com        (192.168.0.213  ) (255.255.255.0  )

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