Reference Guide

1112 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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traceDump
Notes
The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric
OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following mutually exclusive operands:
-S
Displays the trace dump status This operand is optional. If omitted, the same status
information is displayed.
-n
Initiates a background trace dump.
-r
Clears the status of a particular trace dump on a specified slot.
-R
Clears the status of a particular trace dump on all slots.
-c
Clears all trace dump buffers. This operation resets the trace buffer contents.
-s slot
Specifies the slot number from which a trace dump is generated. If a slot is not supplied, the
trace dump is generated from the local slot. This operand is optional.
Examples To initiate a background trace dump from slot 5:
switch:admin> tracedump -n -s 5
To display the trace dump status on the Brocade 8510-8 switch:
switch:admin> tracedump -S
Dump status for switch:
Slot 6: Thu Mar 17 04:43:44 2016
Slot 7: Thu Mar 17 04:44:57 2016
Slot 11: Thu Mar 17 04:45:07 2016
To display the trace dump status on a Gen6 switch:
switch:admin> tracedump -S
Dump status for switch:
slot: 1
Type Timestamp
---------------------------------
Reboot 2016/03/16 10:50
FFDC(EM-1100) 2016/03/17 02:13
Panicdump 2016/03/17 02:24
CLI 2016/03/17 02:47
slot: 2
Type Timestamp
---------------------------------
Reboot 2016/03/16 10:50
Reboot 2016/03/17 02:24
Reboot 2016/03/17 02:47