NSX-T Data Center REST API

PacketCaptureRequest (schema)

Packet capture request information

This type is used to create packet request on give node. Need to specify related parameters according to the capture point.

Name	Description	Type	Notes
capamount	Packet capture amount Define the packet capture amount size.	int
capcore	The CPU core id on Edge node The CPU core id on Edge node.	int
capduration	Packet capture duration time in seconds Define the packet capture duration time. After the capture duration time, the capture process will stop working.	int
capfilesize	Packet capture file size limit Define the packet capture file size limit.	int
capmode	Packet Capture streaming mode Define the capture streaming mode. The STREAM mode will send the data to given stream address and port. And the STANDALONE mode will save the capture file in local folder.	string	Enum: STANDALONE, STREAM
cappoint	Packet capture point Define the point to capture data.	string	Required Enum: VNIC, VMKNIC, VMNIC, VDRPORT, DVFILTER, LOGICALPORT, FCPORT, VIF, PNIC
caprate	Packet capture rate Define the rate of packet capture process.	int
capsnaplen	Packet capture snapshot length Limit the number of bytes captured from each packet.	int
capsource	Packet capture source type This type is used to differenite the incoming request from CLI/UI.	string	Required Enum: CLI, UI
capvalue	Packet capture point value Define the capture value of given capture point.	string
direction	Packet capture direction type Define the capture direction. Support three types INPUT/OUTPUT/DUAL.	string	Enum: INPUT, OUTPUT, DUAL
filtertype	Packet capture dvfilter stage type Define the capture filter type. Support PRE/POST mode.	string	Enum: PRE, POST
node	Packet capture node id Define the transport node to capture data.	string
node_ip	Packet capture node ip Define the transport node to capture data.	IPAddress
options	Packet capture options Define the packet capture additional options to filter the capture data.	PacketCaptureOptionList
streamaddress	Packet capture Streaming address Set the stream address to receive the capture packet.	string
streamport	Packet capture Streaming port Set the stream port to receive the capture packet. The STREAM mode is based on GRE-in-UDP Encapsulation(RFC8086). Packets are sent to UDP port 4754.	int