Any rumors around supporting capture on Fibre Channel HBAs? --sk asked 15 Nov '13, 08:33  skendric |
One Answer:
No rumors I've heard of lately. So, the answer of @Guy Harris in the following question is still valid.
A possible way was discussed here
By using a Cisco MDS Port Analyzer Adapter (not sure if that thing is still available - maybe eBay), you can encapsulate Fibre Channel traffic into an ethernet frame which can then be analyzed with Wireshark. I have no idea if that really works, but the screenshot in the following paper shows the GUI of Ethereal (former name of Wireshark) with such a frame.
Regards answered 15 Nov '13, 13:12  Kurt Knochner ♦ edited 15 Nov '13, 13:18 |
Assuming I had money (which I don't at the moment, but let's ignore this for the moment) -- where might I advertise to find someone with the skills it would take to extend libpcap/Winpcap support to a Fibre Channel HBA?
--sk
In think it's cheaper to buy a fibre channel analyzer than to 'sponsor' that kind of libpcap extension ;-))
However, I might be wrong: Please post your message to the libpcap developer list.