Management and Configuration Guide K/KA/KB.15.15

Figure 231 Entering a path and filename for saving show tech output
3. Click [Start] to create and open the text file.
4. From the global configuration context, enter the show tech command:
HP Switch# show tech
The show tech command output is copied into the text file and displayed on the terminal
emulator screen. When the command output stops and displays the following, press the Space
bar to display and copy more information.
-- MORE --
The CLI prompt appears when the command output finishes.
5. Click on
Transfer | Capture Text | Stop
in HyperTerminal to stop copying data and save the text file.
If you do not stop HyperTerminal from copying command output into the text file, additional
unwanted data can be copied from the HyperTerminal screen.
6. To access the file, open it in Microsoft Word, Notepad, or a similar text editor.
Customizing show tech command output
Use the copy show tech command to customize the detailed switch information displayed with
the show tech command to suit your troubleshooting needs.
To customize the information displayed with the show tech command:
1. Determine the information that you want to gather to troubleshoot a problem in switch operation.
2. Enter the copy show tech command to specify the data files that contain the information
you want to view.
Syntax
copy source show-tech
Specifies the operational and configuration data from one or more source files to
be displayed by the show tech command. Enter the command once for each
data file that you want to include in the display.
Default: Displays data from all source files, where source can be any one of the
following values:
Includes the output of a specified command in
show-tech command output.
command-output "command "
Enter the command name between
double-quotation marks, for example, copy
"show system" show-tech.
Includes the crash data from all management and
interface modules in show tech command
output.
crash-data [ slot-id | master ]
:
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