N8406-023 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch Command Reference Guide (ISCLI) 155
Uuencode flash dump
show flash-dump-uuencode
Command mode
: All
Using this command, dump information is presented in uuencoded format. This format makes it easy to capture the
dump information as a file or a string of characters.
If you want to capture dump information to a file, set your communication software on your workstation to capture
session data prior to issuing the command. This will ensure that you do not lose any information. Once entered, the
command will cause approximately 23,300 lines of data to be displayed on your screen and copied into the file.
Using the above command, dump information can be read multiple times. The command does not cause the
information to be updated or cleared from flash memory.
Dump information is not cleared automatically. In order for any subsequent dump information to be written to flash
memory, you must manually clear the dump region. For more information on clearing the dump region, see the
―Clearing dump information‖ section later in this chapter.
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.
TFTP/FTP system dump put
Use this command to put (save) the system dump to a TFTP/FTP server.
NOTE: If the 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 TFTP, at the prompt, enter:
Switch#
copy flash-dump tftp
or
To save dump information via FTP, at the prompt, enter:
Switch#
copy flash-dump ftp
The system prompts you to enter the server IP address or hostname, and the target dump 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.