Application Core Dumps; Mini Core Dumps - Dell Force10 S4810P Configuration Manual

Application core dumps

Application core dumps are disabled by default. A core dump file can be very large. Due to memory
requirements the file can only be sent directly to an FTP server. It is not stored on the local flash. Enable
full application core dumps with the following:
Task
Enable RPM core dumps and specify the
shutdown mode.
Undo this command using the

Mini core dumps

FTOS supports mini core dumps on the for application and kernel crashes. The mini core dump apply to
Master, Standby and Member units.
Application and kernel mini core dumps are always enabled. The mini core dumps contain the stack space
and some other very minimal information that can be used to debug a crash. These files are small files and
are written into flash until space is exhausted. When the flash is full, the write process is stopped.
A mini core dump contains critical information in the event of a crash. Mini core dump files are located in
. The application mini core file name format is
flash:/ (root dir)
>.acore.mini.txt
name
Sample files names are shown in
Figure 14-18. Mini application core file naming example
FTOS#dir
Directory of flash:
1 drw- 16384
2 drwx 1536
3 drw- 512
4 d--- 512
5 -rw- 8693
6 -rw- 8693
7 -rw- 156
8 -rw- 156
9 -rw- 156
10 -rw- 156
11 -rw- 156
12 -rw- 156
13 -rw- 156
flash: 3104256 bytes total (2959872 bytes free)
FTOS#
When a member or standby unit crashes, the mini core file gets uploaded to master unit. When the master
unit crashes, the mini core file is uploaded to new master.
Command Syntax
logging coredump server
no logging coredump server.
. The kernel mini core file name format is
Figure 14-18
Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 +00:00 .
Sep 03 2009 16:51:02 +00:00 ..
Aug 07 2009 13:05:58 +00:00 TRACE_LOG_DIR
Aug 07 2009 13:06:00 +00:00 ADMIN_DIR
Sep 03 2009 16:50:56 +00:00 startup-config
Sep 03 2009 16:44:22 +00:00 startup-config.bak
Aug 28 2009 16:16:10 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.mrtm.acore.mini.txt
Aug 28 2009 17:17:24 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.vrrp.acore.mini.txt
Aug 28 2009 18:25:18 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.sysd.acore.mini.txt
Aug 28 2009 19:07:36 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.frrp.acore.mini.txt
Aug 31 2009 16:18:50 +00:00 f10StkUnit2.sysd.acore.mini.txt
Aug 29 2009 14:28:34 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.ipm1.acore.mini.txt
Aug 31 2009 16:14:56 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.acl.acore.mini.txt
f10StkUnit<
f10StkUnit<
and sample file text is shown in
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
>.<
Stack_unit_no Application
>.kcore.mini.txt
Stack_unit_no
Figure 14-19.
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