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Tracing and Trace Management This chapter contains the following sections: • Tracing Overview, page 1 • How Tracing Works, page 1 • Tracing Levels, page 2 • Viewing a Tracing Level, page 3 • Setting a Tracing Level, page 4 • Viewing the Content of the Trace Buffer, page 5 Tracing Overview Tracing is a function that logs internal events. Trace files are automatically created and saved to the tracelogs directory on the harddisk: file system on all Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers except the Cisco ASR 1002 Router, which stores tracing files in bootflash:. Trace files are used to store tracing data. The contents of trace files are useful for the following purposes: • Troubleshooting-If a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router is having an issue, the trace file output may provide information that is useful for locating and solving the problem. Trace files can almost always be accessed through diagnostic mode even if other system issues are occurring. • Debugging-The trace file outputs can help users get a more detailed view of system actions and operations. How Tracing Works The tracing function logs the contents of internal events on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. Trace files with all trace output for a module are periodically created and updated and are stored in the tracelog directory. Trace files can be erased from this directory to recover space on the file system without impacting system performance. The most recent trace information for a specific module can be viewed using the show platform software trace message privileged EXEC and diagnostic mode command. This command can be entered to gather trace log information even during an IOS failure because it is available in diagnostic mode. Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA