Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

2-700 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
Publication Number: 53-1000240-01
traceDump
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Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.
traceDump
Displays, initiates, or removes a trace dump.
Synopsis tracedump [-S][-s slot]
tracedump -n [-s slot]
tracedump -r [-s slot]
tracedump -R
Description Use this command to initiate a background trace dump, to remove the content of a trace dump, or to
display the dump status on the switch.
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If there is no parameter specified, this command defaults to traceDump -S.
The default remote file name format is chassisname-S#-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.dmp, in which # is the
slot number (0 on nonbladed systems) and YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (year-month-day-hour-minute-
second) is the trace dump time. If non-blade system has an embedded BP, two trace dumps will be
generated, one with .dmp for the main switch and one with .tar.gz for the embedded BP.
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The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands This command has the following mutually exclusive operands:
-S Displays dump status.
-n Initiates a background trace dump.
-r Removes the content of a trace dump.
-R Removes the content of a trace dump from all slots.
This command has the following optional operand:
-s slot Specifies the slot number from which a trace dump is generated. If this 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:
To remove a trace dump:
See Also supportFtp, supportSave, supportShow, traceFtp, traceTrig
switch:admin> tracedump -n -s 5
switch:admin> tracedump -r
trace dump removed