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Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, PC or UNIX Workstation
Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote
Host, PC or UNIX Workstation
You can use the CLI to copy the following types of switch data to a text file in
a destination device:
■ Command Output: Sends the output of a switch CLI command as a file on
the destination device.
■ Event Log: Copies the switch’s Event Log into a file on the destination
device.
■ Crash Data: software-specific data useful for determining the reason for
a system crash.
■ Crash Log: Processor-Specific operating data useful for determining the
reason for a system crash.
The destination device and copy method options are as follows (CLI key word
is in bold):
■ Remote Host via TFTP.
■ Serially connected PC or UNIX workstation via Xmodem.
Copying Command Output to a Destination Device
Syntax:
copy command-output < “cli-command” > tftp < ip-address > < filepath-
filename >
copy command-output <“cli-command”> xmodem
These commands direct the displayed output of a CLI
command to a remote host or to a serially connected PC or
UNIX workstation.
For example, to use Xmodem to copy the output of show config to a serially
connected PC:
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