Panic Command; Unscheduled System Dumps - HP 445860-B21 - 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Reference Manual

Panic command

The panic command causes the switch to dump state information immediately to flash memory and
reboot.
To select panic, at the prompt, enter:
>> Switch# debug panic
A FLASH dump already exists.
Confirm replacing existing dump and reboot [y/n]:
Enter y to confirm the command:
Confirm dump and reboot [y/n]: y
A list of messages is displayed:
Starting system dump...done.
Reboot at 11:54:08 Wednesday March 14, 2007...
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Rebooted because of console PANIC command.
Booting complete

Unscheduled system dumps

If there is an unscheduled system dump to flash memory, the following message is displayed when you
log on to the switch:
Note: A system dump exists in FLASH. The dump was saved
at 13:43:22 Wednesday March 14, 2007.
Use show flash-dump uuencode to
extract the dump for analysis and clear flash-dump to
clear the FLASH region. The region must be cleared
before another dump can be saved.
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