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Cisco SCE 2000 and SCE 1000 Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 4 Utilities
Flow Capture
How to Configure the Maximum Flow Capture Duration
The following options are available:
•
duration
— the maximum duration of the flow capture in seconds.
Default = 3600 seconds
•
unlimited
— there is no time limit to the flow capture, and it will continue until stopped by the
operator.
Step 1
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type
flow-capture controllers time (
duration
| unlimited)
and press
Enter
.
How to Configure the Maximum Length of the L4 Payload
The following options are available:
•
length
— the maximum number of L4 payload bytes to capture from each packet.
•
unlimited
— there is no limit on the number of L4 payload bytes. (Default)
Step 1
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type
flow-capture controllers max-l4-payload-length (
length
|
unlimited)
and press
Enter
.
How to Restore the Default Flow Capture Settings
Step 1
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type
default
flow-capture controllers (time |
max-l4-payload-length)
and press
Enter
.
Performing the Flow Capture
The flow capture begins when you execute the flow-capture command. You can stop the capture at any
time. If the capture is not stopped, it continues for the configured maximum duration (
Configuring the
Flow Capture Settings, page 4-13
).
How to Start a Flow Capture
The following option is available:
•
filename
— name and FTP location to which to record the flow capture data in the format
ftp://<username>:<password>@<IP_address>/<path>/<file_name>
.
Step 1
From the SCE(config if)# prompt, type
flow-capture start format cap
filename
and press
Enter
.