How can I tell if a class was auto-discovered or manually created on my PacketShaper?

Products

• PacketShaper

Issue/Introduction

When looking at the traffic tree, I would like to know whether a traffic class was created automatically or manually.

Resolution

If you are using PacketWise v6.2.0 or higher, the manage tab indicates whether or a class was auto-discovered. Click the class name in the traffic tree; the AutoDiscovered field in the right window pane on the right says Yes if the class was created through Packeteer's automatic traffic discovery feature. If No is displayed, the class was manually created.

In the CLI (any version of PacketWise), follow these steps:

1. Access the command-line interface via Telnet or an SSH client.
2. At the CLI prompt, type class show.

Classes that have the flag "A" next to them were autocreated with the traffic auto-discovery feature. If they do not have the "A" flag, then they were manually created. For example:

Class Name                        Flags      Partition Name

Inbound                            D    m    /Inbound
  Localhost                         E P      /Inbound
  SameSide                          E P      /Inbound
  testaddress                            o   /Inbound
  porttest                                   /Inbound
  web                                        /Inbound
  Citrix                          AD     o   /Inbound
    Default                             m    /Inbound
  DHCP                            A      o   /Inbound
  FileMaker                       A      o   /Inbound
  FTP                             A      od  /Inbound

In the class show output above, the "A" flag indicates that Citrix, DHCP, FileMaker, and FTP classes were auto-discovered. The classes testaddress, porttest, and web were manually created.