Initiating A Manual System Dump - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Version 7.8 Troubleshooting Manual

Software Exception Handling
• Configure the system dump as a system recovery response action.
To specify a system memory dump if a software exception occurs, use this command:
configure sys-recovery-level [all | critical] system-dump [maintenance-mode |
msm-failover | reboot | shutdown]]]
where:
all
critical
• To turn off the system dump action in the system-recovery-level process, use this command:
unconfigure system-dump
• To display the configured values for the
use this command:
show system-dump
When neither the server IP address nor the timeout parameter has been configured, the
command display looks like this:
show system-dump
Server ip : none
Dump timeout : none
When both the server IP address and the timeout parameter have been configured, the
command display looks similar to this example:
show system-dump
Server ip : 10.5.2.82 (ok)
Dump timeout : 300 seconds
When the configured server IP address is unreachable, the
looks similar to this example:
Server ip : 10.45.209.100 - currently unreachable via "Mgmt" vlan
dump timeout : none

Initiating a Manual System Dump

To initiate a manual system dump to a remote TFTP dump server, identified by its IP address, use the
following command:
upload system-dump [<ip address>]
If you do not specify an IP address, the system attempts to use the IP address specified in the
configure system-dump server
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If any task exception occurs, ExtremeWare logs an error in the system log and
automatically initiates a memory dump transfer to a remote TFTP dump server,
followed by one of the following completion actions: msm-failover, reboot,
shutdown, or maintenance-mode. These completion actions are described in
"Configuring System Recovery Actions" on page
If a critical task exception occurs, ExtremeWare logs an error in the system log and
automatically initiates a memory dump transfer to a remote TFTP dump server,
followed by one of the following completion actions: msm-failover, reboot,
shutdown, or maintenance-mode. These completion actions are described in
"Configuring System Recovery Actions" on page
system-dump server
command.
40.
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and
system-dump timeout
command display
show system-dump
Advanced System Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
settings,