Displaying Event Messages Issued By Packet Capture; Using A Sun Workstation Or Pc To Display Packets; Getting The Name Of The Packet Capture File; Using Ftp To Transfer The File - Nortel Versalar 15000 Troubleshooting Manual

Displaying Event Messages Issued by Packet Capture

To display the packet capture event messages, enter the following command:
log -fftwid -ePCAP
For information about the events, see the events database on the Versalar 15000
online library CD, or on the Internet at support.baynetworks.com/library/tpubs/
events-p.

Using a Sun Workstation or PC to Display Packets

This section covers the following topics:
Topic

Getting the Name of the Packet Capture File

Using FTP to Transfer the File

Using TFTP to Transfer the File
Displaying the File with Packet Dump
Getting the Name of the Packet Capture File
To retrieve a packet capture file stored in the router's memory, you must know its
name. To get the file name, enter the following command:
show pcap state
The captured file name is listed as part of the PCAP summary data. The file name
is formatted as follows:
PCAP <ssnn>
is the slot number.
ss
is a number from 00 to 99.
nn
Using FTP to Transfer the File
When you use FTP to get a packet capture file, the FTP software transfers it from
processor memory instead of from the media.
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Troubleshooting with Packet Capture
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