Networking > Troubleshooting & Monitoring > Packet Capture

start capture trace

Display a packet capture on all available interfaces.

Example:

esx-1> start capture trace 22:51:17.831714[61] Captured at PktFree point, TSO not enabled, Checksum not offloaded and not verified, length 60. PATH: +- [22:51:17.831582] | UplinkRcvKernel +- [22:51:17.831584] | PortInput +- [22:51:17.831585] | IOChain +- [22:51:17.831587] | EtherswitchDispath +- [22:51:17.831591] | EtherswitchOutput +- [22:51:17.831591] | PortOutput +- [22:51:17.831594] | IOChain +- [22:51:17.831595] | IOChain +- [22:51:17.831597] | EtherswitchOutput +- [22:51:17.831597] | PortOutput +- [22:51:17.831599] | IOChain +- [22:51:17.831600] | EtherswitchOutput Segment[0] ---- 2048 bytes: 0x0000: ffff ffff ffff 0200 2d26 a8ff 0806 0001 0x0010: 0800 0604 0001 0200 2d26 a8ff 0ac0 5c53 0x0020: 0000 0000 0000 0ac0 5157 0000 0000 0000 0x0030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 . . .

Mode:

Basic

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