Viewing Packet Capture Information - Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual

Chapter 5 Managing the ACE Software

Viewing Packet Capture Information

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For example, to copy a packet capture buffer to the disk0: file system as a file on
disk0: called MYCAPTURE1, enter:
host1/Admin# copy capture packet_capture_Jan_17_06 disk0: MYCAPTURE1
To clear the capture packet buffer, use the clear capture command in Exec mode.
The syntax for this command is:
clear capture buffer_name
The buffer_name argument specifies the name of the existing packet capture
buffer to clear.
For example, to clear the capture buffer for the capture buffer
packet_capture_Jan_17_06, enter:
host1/Admin# clear capture packet_capture_Jan_17_06
To display the captured packet information on your console or terminal, use the show
capture command in Exec mode. The syntax for this command is:
show capture buffer_name [detail [connid connection_id | range
packet_start packet_end] | status]
The keywords, arguments, and options are:
buffer_name—Name of the packet capture buffer. Specify a text string from
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1 to 80 alphanumeric characters.
detail—(Optional) Displays additional protocol information for each packet.
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connid connection_id—(Optional) Displays protocol information for a
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specified connection identifier.
range packet_start packet_end—(Optional) Displays protocol information
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for a range of captured packets.
status—(Optional) Displays capture status information for each packet.
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For all types of received packets, the console display is in tcpdump format.
For example, to display captured packet information for packet capture buffer
CAPTURE1, enter:
host1/Admin# show capture CAPTURE1
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