Tracedump - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

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traceDump

traceDump
Initiates, or removes a trace dump or displays the trace dump status.
Synopsis tracedump [-S ]
tracedump -n [-s slot]
tracedump -r [-s slot] | -R
tracedump -c [-s slot]
Description Use this command to initiate a background trace dump, to remove the content of a trace dump, or
to display the dump status on the switch.
When executed without operands, this command defaults to traceDump -S.
Execution of traceDump –n generates a local trace dump locally. Use supportSave to transfer the
local trace dump to a remote host. When supportSave is used, the default remote file name format
for the trace dump file is as follows:
chassisname-S#-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.<new | old>.tracedump.dmp.gz
S#
YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
new | old
dmp.gz
Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following mutually exclusive operands:
-S
-n
-r
-R
-c
This command has the following optional operand:
-s slot
Examples To initiate a background trace dump from slot 5:
972
Indicates the slot number (0 on standalone platforms)
Indicates the trace dump time stamp (year-month-day-hour-minute-second).
Indicates a new or an old trace dump file.
The compressed trace dump archive file extension.
Displays the trace dump status This operand is optional. If omitted, the same
status information is displayed.
Initiates a background trace dump.
Clears the status of a particular trace dump on a specified slot.
Clears the status of a particular trace dump on all slots.
Clears all trace dump buffers. This operation resets the trace buffer contents.
Specifies the slot number from which a trace dump is generated. If a slot is
not supplied, the trace dump is generated from the local slot. This operand is
optional.
switch:admin> tracedump -n -s 5
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