Users Guide

Switch Management Commands 2223
• ftp-server—Transfer the core information to an FTP server.
• username—The login id on the FTP server
• nopassword—The user id configured on the FTP server does not require
a password.
• password—The user id configured on the FTP server requires a
password.
• file-path—The directory to prepend to the core file name.
• protocol dhcp—Obtain the out-of-band port address via DHCP for core
dump transfer.
• protocol static—Use a statically assigned address for core dump transfer
Default Configuration
Debug core dumps are disabled by default.
The out-of-band port attempts to retrieve an IP address via DHCP by default.
No TFTP or FTP server is defined.
No stack IP addresses are assigned
Compression is enabled by default
Command Modes
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This option should only be used under the direction of Dell support
personnel.
The file-path parameter is used by both the USB and TFTP core dumps.
The TFTP or FTP server must be reachable over the out-of-band interface.
Front panel ports cannot be used during exception processing.
Configuration parameters are not validated when the command is entered.
Use the write core test command to validate the configured parameters and
that the core dump is likely to succeed.
Crash dump retrieval via FTP or TFTP occurs after the system has crashed.
During this time, the switch is not available for normal operation.