Users Guide

Switch Management Commands 2155
User Guidelines
An exception log or core dump file is generated in the rare event that the
switch firmware fails. Dell support personnel may ask administrators to
provide the exception log information to assist in issue resolution.
Example
The following example shows the default core transfer values.
console(config)#show exception
Coredump file name............................. crash
Coredump filename uses hostname................ False
Coredump filename uses time-stamp.............. False
TFTP server IP.................................
FTP server IP..................................
FTP user name..................................
FTP password...................................
File path...................................... dumps
Parameter Description
Coredump file name Core dump file name
Coredump filename uses hostname Core file name includes host name (True
or False)
Coredump filename uses time-stamp Core file name users time stamp (True or
False)
TFTP server IP TFTP server IP address
FTP server IP FTP server IP address
FTP user name FTP server account user name
FTP password FTP server account user password
File path File path for TFTP or FTP server
Protocol Exception protocol (TFTP, USB, Core -
default none).
Switch-chip-register Include register dump (True or False)
Compression mode Compress core file (True or False)
Stack IP Address Protocol Obtain switch IP address (DHCP or
Static)