Users Guide

When a member or standby unit crashes, the mini core le gets uploaded to master unit. When the master unit crashes, the mini
core le is uploaded to new master.
The panic string contains key information regarding the crash. Several panic string types exist, and they are displayed in regular
English text to enable easier understanding of the crash cause.
Example of Application Mini Core Dump Listings
Dell#dir
Directory of flash:
1 drw- 16384 Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 +00:00 .
2 drwx 1536 Sep 03 2009 16:51:02 +00:00 ..
3 drw- 512 Aug 07 2009 13:05:58 +00:00 TRACE_LOG_DIR
4 d--- 512 Aug 07 2009 13:06:00 +00:00 ADMIN_DIR
5 -rw- 8693 Sep 03 2009 16:50:56 +00:00 startup-config
6 -rw- 8693 Sep 03 2009 16:44:22 +00:00 startup-config.bak
7 -rw- 156 Aug 28 2009 16:16:10 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.mrtm.acore.mini.txt
8 -rw- 156 Aug 28 2009 17:17:24 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.vrrp.acore.mini.txt
9 -rw- 156 Aug 28 2009 18:25:18 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.sysd.acore.mini.txt
10 -rw- 156 Aug 28 2009 19:07:36 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.frrp.acore.mini.txt
11 -rw- 156 Aug 31 2009 16:18:50 +00:00 f10StkUnit2.sysd.acore.mini.txt
12 -rw- 156 Aug 29 2009 14:28:34 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.ipm1.acore.mini.txt
13 -rw- 156 Aug 31 2009 16:14:56 +00:00 f10StkUnit0.acl.acore.mini.txt
flash: 3104256 bytes total (2959872 bytes free)
Dell#
Example of a Mini Core Text File
VALID MAGIC
-----------------PANIC STRING -----------------
panic string is :<null>
---------------STACK TRACE START---------------
0035d60c <f10_save_mmu+0x120>:
00274f8c <panic+0x144>:
0024e2b0 <db_fncall+0x134>:
0024dee8 <db_command+0x258>:
0024d9c4 <db_command_loop+0xc4>:
002522b0 <db_trap+0x158>:
0026a8d0 <mi_switch+0x1b0>:
0026a00c <bpendtsleep>:
----------------STACK TRACE END----------------
--------------------FREE MEMORY---------------
uvmexp.free = 0x2312
Enabling TCP Dumps
A TCP dump captures CPU-bound control plane trac to improve troubleshooting and system manageability. When you enable TCP
dump, it captures all the packets on the local CPU, as specied in the CLI.
You can save the trac capture les to ash, FTP, SCP, or TFTP. The les saved on the ash are located in the ash://
TCP_DUMP_DIR/Tcpdump_<time_stamp_dir>/ directory and labeled tcpdump_*.pcap. There can be up to 20
Tcpdump_<time_stamp_dir> directories. The 21st le overwrites the oldest saved le. The maximum le size for a TCP dump
capture is 1MB. When a le reaches 1MB, a new le is created, up to the specied total number of les.
Maximize the number of packets recorded in a le by specifying the snap-length to capture the le headers only.
The tcpdump command has a nite run process. When you enable the tcpdump command, it runs until the capture-duration timer
and/or the packet-count counter threshold is met. If you do not set a threshold, the system uses a default of a 5 minute capture-
duration and/or a single 1k le as the stopping point for the dump.
You can use the capture-duration timer and the packet-count counter at the same time. The TCP dump stops when the rst of the
thresholds is met. That means that even if the duration timer is 9000 seconds, if the maximum le count parameter is met rst, the
dumps stop.
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S-Series Debugging and Diagnostics