Remote Annex Dumps - Bay Networks 5393 Hardware Installation Manual

Remote Annex Dumps

The Remote Annex dumps its memory image to a host running load
server software when certain software or hardware events occur.
Dump files are generated for use by technical support
personnel only.
Events that trigger Remote Annex dumps are:
Non-recoverable hardware or software errors.
Software fails to reset the Remote Annex's watchdog timer.
Software fails one or more internal consistency checks.
Hardware detects an internal fault.
The Remote Annex sends a dump file to a preferred load dump host.
If you do not define this host by specifying an address, the Remote
Annex broadcasts a request and dumps to the first host that responds.
The Remote Annex sends a dump to the /usr/spool/erpcd/bfs
directory on the dump host. The /usr/spool/erpcd/bfs directory is a
default pathname and can be changed. The receiving Remote Annex
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. The Remote
Annex overwrites crash dumps.
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 (e.g., BSD hosts), dump files are named dump.addr.
The file extension addr is the Remote Annex's IP address.
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