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Fabric OS Commands
The output of the errDump command includes the display of errors/events
history recorded in the persistent error log and error/events logged in the current
run time cycle. This command also provides options to display ONLY those
error/event messages that are saved in the persistent error log, or ONLY those
messages generated during the current run time cycle.
All important error log messages, regardless of their message severity level, are
stored in a persistent storage as they are logged. Both the persistent error log and
the run time log are limited in space and managed as circular buffers. When either
log overflows, old entries are replaced by new entries.
The persistent error log is saved across system reboots and power cycles and can
be resized at run time.
When this command is executed from the Standby CP, the switch instance number
operand is required.
The switch instance number is supplied by specifying the <-s swinst>
operand.
This operand is not required when logged into the Active CP.
Operands
This command has the following operands:
p - Display messages from the persistent error log.
a - Display messages from the active error log. This displays error log messages
logged during the current run time cycle that are present in the volatile memory
(RAM).
s swinst - this is an optional parameter to specify a switch instance number.
This parameter is required on the Standby CP. This parameter should not be used
on the Active CP.
You must follow -s with the switch instance number where the command is to be
executed. Valid values for switch instance are 0 (for the switch instance associated
with slots 1 though 4) or 1 (for the switch instance associated with slots 6 though
10).
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