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Cisco SCE 8000 10GBE Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 4 Utilities
Flow Capture
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 (
Flow Capture Settings” section on page 4-18
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>
. (Do not include the ".cap"
file extension; it is appended automatically.)
In a system with two Cisco SCE 8000-SCM modules, which creates two capture files, an indicator
is appended to this prefix to indicate which Cisco SCE 8000-SCM module created the file. For
example, if you assign the filename “myCapFile”, the system creates
myCapFile1.cap
and
myCapFile2.cap
.
From the SCE# prompt, type:
How to Stop a Flow Capture
From the SCE# prompt, type:
Monitoring the Flow Capture
Use the following command to monitor the flow capture process. It displays the following information:
•
status of the recording process
•
current target file size
•
number of packets captured
•
number of packets lost
•
configured values of the different controllers
How to Monitor the Flow Capture
From the SCE> prompt, type:
Command
Purpose
flow-capture start format cap file-name-prefix
filename
Starts a flow capture.
Command
Purpose
flow-capture stop
Stops a flow capture.
Command
Purpose
show interface linecard 0
flow-capture
Monitors the flow capture.