Troubleshooting guide

5. Obtaining Failure Information
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5.5 Writing data to a memory card
Failure and maintenance information can be written to a memory card. Note, however, that
memory cards have a capacity limit.
5.5.1 Writing data to a memory card by using an operation terminal
This section describes how to write the Switch information to a memory card by using an operation
terminal.
Figure 5-13: Writing information to a memory card
Insert a memory card into the Switch to which information is to be written.
Use the ls -l command to check the size of the source file (tech.log).
> ls -l tech.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 operator users 234803 Nov 15 15:52 tech.log
Use the show mc command to check available space.
>show mc
Date 2005/11/15 15:50:40 UTC
MC : Enabled
Manufacture ID : 00000003
16,735kB used
106,224kB free <---1
122,959kB total
Use the cp command to copy the source file to the memory card with the destination
file name tech-1.log.
> cp tech.log mc-file tech-1.log
Make sure the file has been written to the memory card.
> ls mc-dir
Name Size
tech-1.log 234803
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1. Available space