Maintenance Commands
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To access dump information, at the prompt, enter:
Switch# show flash-dump-uuencode
The dump information is displayed on your screen and, if you have configured your communication
software to do so, captured to a file. If the dump region is empty, the following displays:
No FLASH dump available.
FTP/TFTP system dump put
Use this command to put (save) the system dump to a FTP/TFTP server.
NOTE: If the FTP/TFTP server is running SunOS or the Solaris operating system, the specified
copy flash-dump tftp (or ftp) file must exist prior to executing the copy flash-dump
tftp command (or copy flash-dump ftp) command, and must be writable (set with proper
permission, and not locked by any application). The contents of the specified file will be replaced
with the current dump data.
To save dump information via FTP/TFTP, at the prompt, enter:
Switch# copy flash-dump tftp [mgt-port|data-port]
-or-
To save dump information via FTP/TFTP, at the prompt, enter:
Switch# copy flash-dump ftp [mgt-port|data-port]
You are prompted for the server hostname or IP address, and the file name.
Clearing dump information
To clear dump information from flash memory, at the prompt, enter:
Switch# clear flash-dump
The switch clears the dump region of flash memory and displays the following message:
FLASH dump region cleared.
If the flash dump region is already clear, the switch displays the following message:
FLASH dump region is already clear.
