Chapter 50
Monitoring System Processes and Logs
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
The timestamp on the restored last core file displays the time when the supervisor booted up—not when
Tip
thelast core was actually dumped. To obtain the exact time of the last core dump, check the
corresponding log file with the same PID.
To view the last core information, issue the show cores command in EXEC mode.
To view the time of the actual last core dump, issue the show process log command in EXEC mode.
Clearing the Core Directory
Use the clear cores command to clean out the core directory. The software keeps the last few cores per
service and per slot and clears all other cores present on the active supervisor module.
switch# clear cores
Displaying Core Status
Use the show system cores command to display the currently configured scheme for copying cores. See
Examples
Example 50-12 Displays the Status of System Cores
switch# show system cores
Transfer of cores is enabled
Example 50-13 Displays All Cores Available for Upload from the Active Supervisor Module
switch# show cores
Module-num
----------
5
6
8
8
Where
core
supervisor module (slot 6), and
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to 50-14.
Process-name
------------
fspf
fcc
acltcam
fib
shows the slot number on which the core was generated. In this example, the
Module-num
was generated on the active supervisor module (slot 5),
PID
Core-create-time
---
----------------
1524
Nov 9 03:11
919
Nov 9 03:09
285
Nov 9 03:09
283
Nov 9 03:08
and
were generated on the switching module (slot 8).
acltcam
fib
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was generated on the standby
fcc
fspf
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