HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-0 - Page 734

2 Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability. traceDump 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. Note 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-minutesecond) 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. Note The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Operands Examples 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. To initiate a background trace dump from slot 5: switch:admin> tracedump -n -s 5 To remove a trace dump: switch:admin> tracedump -r trace dump removed See Also supportFtp, supportSave, supportShow, traceFtp, traceTrig 2-700 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Publication Number: 53-1000240-01