Specifications

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22.KernelVer Reference
This chapter provides reference information about the kernelver tool. The following topics are
provided:
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22.1 Description
The KernelVer tool queries the board’s kernel running on a particular processor for its version
number. This tool can be used to verify whether or not a processor has crashed.
22.2 Options
The kernelver tool uses the following command line options:
-b<n>
Logical ID of board (required).Use the listboards utility (Linux) or the Configuration Manager
(DCM) (Windows) to obtain the board’s logical ID.
Note: The listboards utility is described in the Administration Guide for the release and the
Configuration Manager is described in the Configuration Guides for the (Windows)
release.
--d<level>
Do not modify. Leave this at the default value of 0.
-f<file>
Output file name (required to save output in a file).
-p<n>
Processor number (required). Lowest allowable value is 1.
-l<n>
Number of times the program will retrieve the version (optional). You can use this option to
repeatedly ping the board’s kernel to generate message traffic.
-h
Displays the help screen.
-v
Displays the version number.
The following example runs the KernelVer tool on board 1, processor 2:
kernelver -b1 -p2