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

Fabric OS Command Reference Manual 2-701
Publication Number: 53-1000240-01
traceFtp
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Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.
traceFtp
Displays, enables, or disables the trace auto-FTP, or retrieves the trace dump file.
Synopsis traceftp [-S]
traceftp -e
traceftp -d
traceftp -n [-s slot][-h hostip][-u username][-p password][-d remotedirectory][-f remotefile]
Description Use this command to display, enable, or disable trace auto-FTP or to retrieve a trace dump file from the
switch to the FTP site immediately.
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If there is no parameter specified, this command defaults to traceFtp -S.
Default remote file name format for traceFtp -n is switchname-S#-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.dmp, where
# is the slot number (0 if it is on nonbladed system), and YYYYMMDDHHMMSS is trace dump time (year-
month-day-hour-minute-second). 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 options:
-S Displays trace auto-FTP feature.
-e Enables trace auto-FTP feature.
-d Disables trace auto-FTP feature.
-n Retrieves a trace dump file from the switch immediately. This option does not
work on the standby CP. Use supportSave on the standby CP to retrieve trace
dumps as an alternative. The -n option has the following optional operands:
-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.
-h hostip Specifies FTP host IP address. It must be IP address. hostip should be
less than 48 characters.
-u username Specifies FTP user name. username should be less than 48 characters.
-p password Specifies FTP user password. If the user name is anonymous, the
password is not needed. password should be less than 48 characters.
-d remotedirectory Specifies the remote directory which to store a trace dump file. traceFtp
cannot take a slash ( / ) as a directory name. remotedirectory should be
less than 48 characters.
-f remotefile Specifies the remote file which to store a trace dump file. remotefile
should be less than 48 characters.