Call get_capabilities to initiate device connection (#62103)

(cherry picked from commit b03091213d)

changelogs/fragments/nxos_file_copy29.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- nxos_file_copy call get_capabilities to initiate device connection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/62103).

lib/ansible/plugins/action/nxos_file_copy.py

@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         if socket_path is None:
             socket_path = self._connection.socket_path
         self.conn = Connection(socket_path)
+
+        # Call get_capabilities() to start the connection to the device.
+        self.conn.get_capabilities()
+
         self.socket_timeout = self.conn.get_option('persistent_command_timeout')
 
         # This action plugin support two modes of operation.