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Use the current-prefix prefix keyword to specify a string to add at the beginning of the hexdump file
that is currently being used to store records.
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prefix must be an alphanumeric string of 1 through 31 characters.
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Default: curr
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Use the delete-timeout seconds keyword to specify a time period, in seconds, after which the hexdump
files are deleted. By default, files are never deleted.
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seconds must be an integer from 3600 through 31536000.
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Default: Disabled
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Use the directory directory_name keyword to specify a subdirectory in the default directory in which
to store hexdump files.
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directory_name must be an alphanumeric string of 0 through 191 characters.
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Default: /records/hexdump
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Use the exclude-checksum-record keyword to exclude the final record containing #CHECKSUM
followed by the 32-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of all preceding records from the hexdump
file.
Default: Disabled (a checksum record is included in the hexdump file header)
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Use the field-separator { hyphen | omit | underscore } to specify the type of separators between two
fields of a hexdump file name:
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hyphen: Specifies the field separator as a "-" (hyphen) symbol between two fields.
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omit: Omits the field separator between two fields.
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underscore: Specifies the field separator as an "_" (underscore) symbol between two fields.
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Use the headers keyword to include a file header summarizing the record layout.
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Use the name file_name to specify a string to be used as the base file name for hexdump files.
file_name must be an alphanumeric string from 1 through 31 characters.
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Use the reset-indicator to specify the inclusion of the reset indicator counter (value from 0 through
255) in the hexdump file name.
The counter is incremented whenever any of the following conditions occur:
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A peer chassis has taken over in compliance with Interchassis Session Recovery (ICSR).
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The sequence number (see sequence-number keyword) has rolled over to zero.
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Use the rotation { num-records number | tariff-time minute minutes hour hours | time seconds |
volume bytes } keyword to specify when to close a hexdump file and create a new one.
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num-records number: Specifies the maximum number of records that should be added to a hexdump
file. When the number of records in the file reaches this value, the file is complete.
number must be an integer from 100 through 10240. Default: 1024
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Packet Capture (PCAP) Trace
Configuring the Hexdump File Parameters