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Software Configuration Guide—Release 15.0(2)SG
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Chapter 2 Command-Line Interfaces
Archiving Crashfiles Information
When you enter ROMMON mode, the prompt changes to rommon 1>. Use the ? command to see the
available ROMMON commands.
For more information about the ROMMON commands, refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference.
Archiving Crashfiles Information
This feature allows you to archive crashinfo files (otherwise overwritten if another system reset were to
happen first to the bootflash). Having access to archived crashinfo data greatly assists in troubleshooting.
To archive crashinfo files, perform this task:
Displaying a Crash Dump
A crash dump provides the following information:
Malloc or free traces
Chuck alloc/free traces
Process block dump
Register memory dump
Current proc stack partial decode
Interrupt level stack
Last 128 memory block dump
To display a crash dump, do the following:
Switch# show platform crashdump
Current Time: 9/6/2010 15:47:21
Last Power Failure: 09/06/2010 15:03:28
Last Reload Status: 00002000
Last Software Reset State: 00000000
Crashdump version: 1
Last crash: 09/06/2010 06:21:58
Build: 12.2(20100723:074204) ENTSERVICES
buildversion addr: 14847D24
Command Purpose
Step 1 Switch# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 Switch(config)# exception crashinfo file
bootflash: name Enables archiving crashinfo files to bootflash. The files
are stored in bootflash with the name specified
concatenated with the date.
Step 3 Switch(config)# end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4 Switch# show running-config Verifies your entries.
Step 5 Switch# copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.