646CHAPTER A: TROUBLESHOOTING A WX SWITCH

Core Files If a WX switch restarts due to an error condition (crashes), the switch generates a core file in the temporary file area. The name of the file indicates the system area where the problem occurred. Core files are saved in tarball (tar) format.

Core files are erased when you restart the switch. You must copy the files to a TFTP server or to the nonvolatile part of file storage before restarting the switch.

To copy core files, use the dir command to list them, then use the copy command to copy them. The following example shows how to list the files and copy them to a TFTP server.

WX1200# dir

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file:

 

Size

 

Created

Filename

 

Jul

file:configuration

48

KB

12

2005, 15:02:32

file:sysa_bak

 

12

KB

Mar

15

2005, 19:18:44

Total:

60 Kbytes used, 207762 Kbytes free

 

 

 

 

===============================================================================

Boot:

Filename

 

 

 

 

Size

Aug

Created

boot0:WXA30001.Rel

 

 

 

 

9780

KB

23

2005, 15:54:08

*boot1:WXA40101.Rel

9780

Kbytes

used,

2460

9796

KB

Aug

28

2005, 21:09:56

Boot0: Total:

Kbytes

free

 

 

 

Boot1: Total:

9796

Kbytes

used,

2464

Kbytes

free

 

 

 

===============================================================================

temporary files:

 

Size

 

Created

 

Filename

 

Aug

 

core:command_audit.cur

37 bytes

28

2005, 21:11:41

core:netsys.core.217.tar

560 KB

May

06

2005,

21:48:33

Total:

560 Kbytes used, 91147 Kbytes free

 

 

 

 

In this example, the core file is netsys.core.217.tar. (The

command_audit.cur file is not a core file and is created as part of normal system operation.)

The following command copies the core file onto a TFTP server.

WX1200# copy core:netsys.core.217.tar tftp://192.168.0.233/netsys.core.217.tar

...........success: sent 573440 bytes in 1.431 seconds [ 400726 bytes/sec]

success: copy complete.

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