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E-Series ExaScale Debugging and Diagnostics

This chapter addresses E-Series ExaScale Debugging and Diagnostics ExaScale platforms. Refer to

Chapter 62, E-Series TeraScale Debugging and Diagnostics for information relating to that platform.

In addition to the FTOS high availability features, FTOS supports several diagnostics and debug features

that are integral components to delivering maximum uptime. These features include the following:

• System health checks

• Line card loopback checks

• Manual loopback test

• Power On/Off the SFM

• Reset the SFM

• Inter-CPU timeouts

• Software debugging commands

• Hardware debugging commands

• show hardware commands

• Identify a suspect SFM

• Identify a suspect line card

• Last restart reason

• Hardware watchdog timer

• Information files and logs

• Trace logs

• Automatic trace log updates

• Save a trace log to a file on the flash

• Manual reload messages

• CP/RP1/RP2 software exceptions

• Recognize a high CPU condition

• Command history

• Software exception handling on line cards

• Crash logs

• Core dumps

• RPM core dumps

• Line card core dumps