Performing The Flow Capture; Monitoring The Flow Capture - Cisco SCE 8000 10GBE Software Configuration Manual

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
How to Start a Flow Capture
The following option is available:
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From the SCE# prompt, type:
Command
flow-capture start format cap file-name-prefix
filename
How to Stop a Flow Capture
From the SCE# prompt, type:
Command
flow-capture stop

Monitoring the Flow Capture

Use the following command to monitor the flow capture process. It displays the following information:
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How to Monitor the Flow Capture
From the SCE> prompt, type:
Command
show interface linecard 0 flow-capture
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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.
status of the recording process
current target file size
number of packets captured
number of packets lost
configured values of the different controllers
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Purpose
Starts a flow capture.
Purpose
Stops a flow capture.
Purpose
Monitors the flow capture.
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