Error on transferring a PCAP from RP-VA on 10.3.1.1 code

Products

• Reporter
• Reporter-VA

Issue/Introduction

You need to run a PCAP on the RP-VA on 10.3.1.1 to troubleshoot connectivity issue. There is no interface to read the PCAP on the applaince so you need to transfer it.

reporter# pcap transfer http://1.1.1.1/pcapfile.pcap

% failed unsupported protocol http://

reporter# pcap transfer https://1.1.1.1/pcapfile.pcap

% failed unsupported protocol https://

 

 

Cause

The transfer protocol supported is FTP only.

Resolution

You have to use the FTP protocol to transfer the file. The below example has the correct syntax if you need to authenticate on the FTP server.

You can run the PCAP from the enable mode:

reporter> en
Password:
reporter# pcap start
  ok
reporter# pcap stop
  ok
reporter# pcap transfer ftp://{username:password}@x.x.x.x/filename.pcap
  ok
reporter#