User Manual

Troubleshooting
Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation
3. Click [Start] to create and open the text file.
4. From the global configuration context, enter the show tech command:
ProCurve# 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 -- MORE --, press the Space bar to display and copy more
information. 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:
command-output “< command >”
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