OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Network Configuration Guide December 2017 page 30-1
30 Configuring Application
Fingerprinting
The OmniSwitch Application Fingerprinting (AFP) feature attempts to detect and identify remote
applications by scanning IP packets and comparing the packets to pre-defined bit patterns (application
signatures). Once an application is identified, AFP collects and stores information about the application
flow in a database on the local switch. Additional configurable options for this feature include the ability
to apply QoS policy list rules to the identified flow and generating SNMP traps when a signature match
occurs.
Using this implementation of AFP, an administrator can obtain more detailed information about protocols
running on a specific device or make sure that certain QoS actions are automatically applied wherever an
application might be running.
In This Chapter
This chapter provides an overview of the Application Fingerprinting feature and describes how to
configure the port-based functionality and profile attributes through the Command Line Interface (CLI).
CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of commands,
see the OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 CLI Reference Guide.
The following information and procedures are included in this chapter:
• “AFP Defaults” on page 30-2.
• “Quick Steps for Configuring AFP” on page 30-4
• “AFP Overview” on page 30-5.
• “Interaction With Other Features” on page 30-9.
• “Configuring AFP” on page 30-10.
• “Verifying the AFP Configuration” on page 30-18.
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