Troubleshooting

Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation

ProCurve# show tech

The show tech command output is copied into the text file and displayed on the terminal emulator screen. When the command output stops and displays -- MORE --, press the Space bar to display and copy more information. The CLI prompt appears when the command output finishes.

5.Click on Transfer Capture Text Stop in HyperTerminal to stop copying data and save the text file.

If you do not stop HyperTerminal from copying command output into the text file, additional unwanted data can be copied from the HyperTerminal screen.

6.To access the file, open it in Microsoft Word, Notepad, or a similar text editor.

Customizing show tech Command Output

Use the copy show tech command to customize the detailed switch information displayed with the show tech command to suit your troubleshooting needs.

To customize the information displayed with the show tech command:

1.Determine the information that you want to gather to troubleshoot a problem in switch operation.

2.Enter the copy show tech command to specify the data files that contain the information you want to view.

Syntax: copy <source> show- tech

Specifies the operational and configuration data from one or more source files to be displayed by the show tech command. Enter the command once for each data file that you want to include in the display.

Default: Displays data from all source files, where <source> can be any one of the following values:

command-output “< command >”

Includes the output of a specified command in show-techcommand output. Enter the command name between double-quotation marks; for example, copy “show system” show-tech.

Includes the crash data from all management and interface modules in show tech command output.

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