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1.3.3. Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) Flow Inspector¶

1.3.3.1. Create and View Flow Inspector Data¶

A new tool introduced in version 13 is the flow inspector. This tool is useful to view statistical information about existing flows within the flow table. To test the flow inspector, navigate to Security > Debug > Flow Inspector. Refresh the web page we’ve been using for testing (http://10.30.0.50) and click “Get Flows”.

Select a flow and click on the pop-out arrow for additional data.

This will show the TMM this is tied to as well as the last hop and the idle timeout. This data is extremely valuable when troubleshooting application flows.

It is also worth noting you can click directly on the IP address of a flow to pre-populate the data in the packet tester for validating access and/or where the flow is permitted.

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