Capture Packets From The Command Line; Stop Capturing Packets - Digi IX10 User Manual

Diagnostics

Capture packets from the command line

You can start packet capture at the command line with the
can schedule the network analyzer to run based on a specified event or at a particular time. See
Configure packet capture for the network analyzer
Additional analyzer commands allow you to:
Stop capturing
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Save captured data traffic to a
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Clear captured
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Required configuration items
A configured packet capture. See
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packet capture configuration information.
To start packet capture from the command line:
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Command line
1. Log into the IX10 command line as a user with Admin access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
2. Type the following at the Admin CLI prompt:
> analyzer start name capture_filter
>
where capture_filter is the name of a packet capture configuration. See
capture for the network analyzer
To determine available packet capture configurations, use the ?:
> analyzer start name ?
name: Name of the capture filter to use.
Format:
test_capture
capture_ping
> analyzer start name
You can capture up to 10 MB of data traffic in two 5 MB files per interface.
Note Data traffic is captured to RAM and the captured data is lost when the device reboots unless you
save the data to a file. See

Stop capturing packets

You can stop packet capture at the command line with the
To stop packet capture from the command line:
IX10 User Guide
packets.
file.
data.
Configure packet capture for the network analyzer
for more information.
Save captured data traffic to a
analyzer start command. Alternatively, you
for information about scheduling packet capturing.
file.
analyzer stop command.
Analyze network traffic
for
Configure packet
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