Bay Networks 8000 RAC Installing Manual page 118

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Procedures
Installing the Model 8000 Remote Access Concentrator
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The RAC sends a dump file to a preferred dump host. If you do not define
this host by specifying an IP address, the RAC broadcasts a request and
dumps to the first host that responds.
The RAC sends a dump to the /usr/spool/erpcd/bfs directory on the dump
host. The /usr/spool/erpcd/bfs directory is the default path name and can
be changed. The receiving RAC assigns a unique file name for each
device that it receives a dump from but not for each crash dump.
Rename any crash dumps that you want to save. Erpcd
overwrites crash dumps if the same RAC dumps again.
The assigned name depends on the number of characters per file name
that the dump host supports. For hosts supporting file names longer than
14 characters (for example, most UNIX hosts), dump files are named
dump.<addr>. The file extension <addr> is the RAC's IP address.
For hosts that may limit file names to 14 characters (for example, System
V hosts), a dump creates two additional directories under /usr/spool/
erpcd/bfs. The name of the first directory is dump; the second directory
uses the RAC's IP network address as its name. The dump file uses the
RAC's IP host address as its name. For example:
/usr/spool/erpcd/bfs/dump/192.9.200/5.
The tftp dump names are user-defined. If a name is not
specified, the RAC uses the bfs convention.