Packet-Capture Read - HPE FlexNetwork 5130 HI Series Network Management And Monitoring Command Reference

Purpose
Rotate files
Examples
# Capture incoming packets on GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.
<Sysname> packet-capture interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
Related commands

packet-capture read

packet-capture read
Use packet-capture read to display the contents in a packet file.
Syntax
packet-capture read filepath [ display-filter disp-expression ] [ raw | { brief | verbose } ] *
Views
User view
Predefined user roles
network-admin
Parameters
filepath: Specifies the full path of the packet file to store captured packet data. The path must be a
case-sensitive string of up to 64 characters. The filename extension must be .pcap or .pcapng. For
more information about setting a file path, see file system management in Fundamentals
Configuration Guide.
display-filter disp-expression: Specifies an expression to match packets to be displayed, a
case-sensitive string of 1 to 256 characters. If you do not specify a display filter expression, this
command displays all file contents.
raw: Displays file contents in hexadecimal notation. If you do not specify this keyword, the capture
displays packet data in a string format.
brief: Displays brief information about captured packets in the file.
verbose: Displays detailed information about captured packets in the file.
Usage guidelines
To stop displaying the file contents, press Ctrl+C.
The device stores captured packets in .pcap files but can read .pcap and .pcapng files.
If you do not specify the raw, brief, or verbose keyword, this command displays brief information
about captured packets in the file.
Options
• Rotate based on the file size:
capture-ring-buffer filesize
kilobytes
• Rotate based on the rotation
interval:
capture-ring-buffer duration
seconds
• Rotate based on the file size
specified for the autostop filesize
kilobytes option:
autostop files numbers
autostop filesize kilobytes
capture-ring-buffer files numbers
359
Remarks
The capture rotates the packet file
when any one of the limits for the
rotation options is reached.
If you specify the autostop filesize
option after the capture-ring-buffer
filesize option, the capture rotates the
file based on the file size specified for
the autostop filesize option.