HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual - Supporting - Page 733

traceDump 2 traceDump Displays, initiates, or removes a trace dump. Synopsis tracedump [-S][-s slot] tracedump -n [-s slot] tracedump -r [-s slot] tracedump -R Description Use this command to initiate a background trace dump, to remove the content of a trace dump, or to display the dump status on the switch. If there is no parameter specified, this command defaults to traceDump -S. The default remote file name format is chassisname-S#-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.dmp, in which # is the slot number (0 on nonbladed systems) and YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (year-month-day-hour-minute-second) is the trace dump time. If non-blade system has an embedded BP, two trace dumps will be generated, one with .dmp for the main switch and one with .tar.gz for the embedded BP. The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Operands This command has the following mutually exclusive operands: -S Displays dump status. -n Initiates a background trace dump. -r Removes the content of a trace dump. -R Removes the content of a trace dump from all slots. This command has the following optional operand: -s slot Specifies the slot number from which a trace dump is generated. If this is not supplied, the trace dump is generated from the local slot. This operand is optional. Examples To initiate a background trace dump from slot 5: switch:admin> tracedump -n -s 5 See Also To remove a trace dump: switch:admin> tracedump -r trace dump removed supportFtp, supportSave, supportShow, traceFtp, traceTrig Fabric OS Command Reference Manual 701 53-1000436-01