NSX CLI Guide

start capture dvfilter <esx-dvfilter-name-arg>

Display a packet capture on a given dvfilter. To get a list of dvfilter names, enter start capture dvfilter followed by a space and the Tab key.

Parameters:

Option	Description
<esx-dvfilter-name>	dvfilter name argument

Example:

esx-1> start capture dvfilter nic-1000053347-eth0-vmware-sfw.2 The name of the dvfilter is nic-1000053347-eth0-vmware-sfw.2 No server port specifed, select 31661 as the port Output the packet info to console. Local CID 2 Listen on port 31661 Accept...Vsock connection from port 1030 cid 2 22:09:38.563545[1] Captured at PreDVFilter point, TSO not enabled, Checksum not offloaded and not verified, length 60. Segment[0] ---- 2048 bytes: 0x0000: ffff ffff ffff 0200 2b8a 60e6 0806 0001 0x0010: 0800 0604 0001 0200 2b8a 60e6 0ac0 5ec2 0x0020: 0000 0000 0000 0ac0 57eb 0000 0000 0000 0x0030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 22:09:38.569533[2] Captured at PreDVFilter point, TSO not enabled, Checksum not offloaded and not verified, length 60. Segment[0] ---- 2048 bytes: 0x0000: ffff ffff ffff 0200 2d8b a5c2 0806 0001 0x0010: 0800 0604 0001 0200 2d8b a5c2 0ac0 49f8 0x0020: 0000 0000 0000 0ac0 5561 0000 0000 0000 0x0030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 . . .

Mode:

Basic

Availability:

ESXi