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www.dell.com | support.dell.com Contacting the Technical Assistance Center How to Contact Dell Force10 TAC Information to Submit When Opening a Support Case Managing Your Case Downloading Software Updates Technical Documentation Contact Information Log in to iSupport at http://www.force10networks.com/support/ and select the Service Request tab. • Your name, company name, phone number, and E-mail address • Preferred method of contact • Model number • Software version number • Symptom description • Screen shots illustrating the symptom, including any error messages. These can include: • Output from the show tech-support [non-paged] command (This report is very long, so the storage buffer in your terminal program should be set high.) • Output from the show logging eventlog [unit] command, where unit is the stack ID of the member unit that experienced the failure (This report is included as a section in the output of show tech-support.) • Console captures showing the error messages • Console captures showing the troubleshooting steps taken • Saved messages to a syslog server, if one is used Log in to iSupport, and select the Service Request tab to view all open cases and RMAs. Log in to iSupport, and select the Software Center tab. Log in to iSupport, and select the Documents tab. This page can be accessed without logging in via the Documentation link on the iSupport page. E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.force10networks.com/support/. Telephone: US and Canada: 866.965.5800 International: 408.965.5800 Requesting a hardware replacement To request replacement hardware, follow these steps: Step Task 1 Determine the part number and serial number of the component. To list the numbers for all components installed in the chassis, use the show hardware command. 46 | Technical Support

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Contacting the Technical Assistance Center
Requesting a hardware replacement
To request replacement hardware, follow these steps:
How to Contact Dell Force10
TAC
Log in to iSupport at
http://www
.force10networks.com/support/
and select the
Service
Request
tab.
Information to Submit When
Opening a Support Case
Your name, company name, phone number, and E-mail address
Preferred method of contact
Model number
Software version number
Symptom description
Screen shots illustrating the symptom, including any error messages. These can include:
Output from the
show tech-support
[
non-paged
] command (This report is very
long, so the storage buffer in your terminal program should be set high.)
Output from the
show logging eventlog
[
unit
] command, where
unit
is the stack ID
of the member unit that experienced the failure (This report is included as a section in the
output of
show tech-support
.)
Console captures showing the error messages
Console captures showing the troubleshooting steps taken
Saved messages to a syslog server, if one is used
Managing Your Case
Log in to iSupport, and select the
Service Request
tab to view all open cases and RMAs.
Downloading Software
Updates
Log in to iSupport,
and select the
Software Center
tab.
Technical Documentation
Log in to iSupport, and select the
Documents
tab. This page can be accessed without
logging in via the
Documentation
link on the iSupport page.
Contact Information
Web:
http://www
.force10networks.com/support/.
Telephone:
US and Canada: 866.965.5800
International: 408.965.5800
Step
Task
1
Determine the part number and serial number of the component. To list the numbers for all components installed in
the chassis, use the
show hardware
command.