Users Guide

PowerVault™ 50F Commands: Dell™ PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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Current date Date and time the command was entered.
Booted at Last date and time the switch was booted.
Firmware date Date and time the firmware currently running on the switch was built.
Flash time Date and time the firmware resident in flash memory was built. This firmware will be used on the next boot.
Boot prom date Date and time the boot PROM was updated.
errDump
The errDump command prints the contents of the error log with no page breaks. See Figure 7-6 for a log
display example.
errShow
Figure 7-6 shows the errShow command which displays all detected errors. The error log stores the last 32
error types sensed by the switch. The log shows:
Error number (01-32)
Date and time of the first occurrence each error type was sensed
Total number of occurrences of each error type
NOTE: The maximum error number is 999.
Error type
Error level for each error type
— 0-Panic (when this level is reached, the switch automatically reboots and the display no longer
shows the error)
— 1-Critical
— 2-Error
— 3-Warning
— 4-Debug
Refer to "Error Message Formats
" for a detailed explanation of each error type, its probable cause, and
suggested corrective actions.
The following information is displayed in Figure 7-6:
The switch detected two errors.
The task ID and task name that incurred the error (task names are displayed using the i command).
The error type, date and time, the error level, and description.
If there is more than one occurrence of an error type, the number of occurrences is shown in brackets
following the error date and time.
Figure 7-6. errShow Command Example