1 HV Installation and Operations Guide

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Trace History

When this option is selected from the System Utilities menu, the Trace Dump

menu is displayed. Trace options are described in the Trace Settings on

page 99.

■ Select 1) to display the trace history for the current boot cycle.

■ Select 2) to display the trace history from the previous boot cycle.

■ Select 3) to clear the current trace buffer. If cleared, then the display

trace from the current boot cycle option will not show any data.

Get a Copy of Trace Buffer

Using the following procedure, you can save copies of the trace buffers over

FTP.

1. Connect the bridge to the Ethernet network used by your computer.

2. Start your FTP program using the bridge's IP address:

ftp <IP address>

The default IP address is 1.1.1.1. See Ethernet Connection on page 64

for information on changing the bridge IP address. You may also need to

specify the directory location on your computer or network where your FTP

program will store the trace file.

3. Use

[root] the user name and [password] as the password. To change

the user name and password, refer to the information on changing

security settings in Ethernet Connection on page 64.

4. Specify ASCII mode:

ASCII

Trace Dump Menu

X.X XXXX

1) Display trace for current boot cycle

2) Display trace for previous boot cycle

3) Clear current trace buffer

X) Return to previous menu