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Configuring Hosts and Servers
Dump Host Services
The Model 5390 server can dump its memory image to a dump host on demand through either the
superuser CLI command boot –d or the na command dumpboot or on certain software or hardware
events. A non-recoverable hardware or software error triggers Model 5390 dumps. Dump files are
intended for use by technical support personnel only.
The host to which the Model 5390 server sends a dump must have bfs or tftp capability. You can
define a preferred dump host to which the Model 5390 server first tries to upload a dump file. If
this address is not specified or the host is not available, the Model 5390 server broadcasts a request
and dumps to the first host that responds.
At the dump host, the dump creates a file, between one and four megabytes in size, in the directory
/usr/spool/erpcd/bfs for bfs dumping (in the tftp directory for tftp dumping), and assigns a unique
dump file name to each Model 5390 server. The assigned name depends on whether the dump host
can support file names longer than 14 characters.
On hosts that support file names longer than 14 characters (for example, BSD UNIX hosts), dump
files are named dump.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. The file extensions xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx are the Model 5390 IP
address.
On hosts that limit file names to 14 characters (for example,
System V hosts), the dump creates two additional directories under
/usr/spool/erpcd/bfs. The name of the first directory is dump; the second is the Model 5390 IP
network address. Subnet addresses are not used in naming the dump file. The name of the dump
file is the Model 5390 IP host address.
NOTE:
Self -boot units without a network host cannot perform a dump.
NOTE:
If the pref_dump_addr parameter is not set and your IP
address is corrupted (zero), leave the Test button on the Model 5390
front panel on and the unit will prompt for an IP address when it tries to
dump.
Summary of Contents for 5390
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Page 44: ...893 741 B Preface xliv ...
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Page 60: ...A1 12 893 741 B Introduction to the Model 5390 Server ...
Page 106: ...A3 18 893 741 B Configuring Ports ...
Page 142: ...A5 12 893 741 B Printers ...
Page 152: ...A6 10 893 741 B Modems ...
Page 168: ...A7 16 893 741 B Serial Line Internet Protocol SLIP ...
Page 224: ...A9 38 893 741 B Internetwork Packet Exchange IPX Protocol ...
Page 258: ...A11 12 893 741 B Dial up Networking ...
Page 289: ...893 741 B A12 31 Internet Protocol IP Routing that are possible ...
Page 506: ...A15 86 893 741 B Using Model 5390 Security ...
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Page 544: ...B1 36 893 741 B Network Administration ...
Page 574: ...B2 30 893 741 B Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP ...
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Page 606: ...C1 30 893 741 B na Commands ...
Page 676: ...C2 70 893 741 B Configuration Parameters ...
Page 772: ...C3 96 893 741 B Using the CLI Commands ...
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