Upline Dumping
4-12 Managing Load Hosts
Upline Dumping
Introduction
The access server upline dumps its memory when:
• An unexpected failure occurs.
• You force a crash.
The access server always dumps to a load host with the protocol that was used for its
download. After an upline dump, the access server automatically reinitializes.
Reference
To send a dump file to Digital Equipment Corporation for evaluation, follow the
procedure described in the
Network Access Server Problem Solving
manual.
Upline Dumps with MOP Hosts
If the access server uses the MOP protocol, check the Dump Address field in the
display for the SHOW SERVER STATUS command. This 12-digit hexadecimal
number is the Ethernet address for the load host that received the most recent upline
dump.
If the dump host is running DECnet software, you can convert the Ethernet address of
the dump host to the DECnet node address of the dump host. A formula for this
conversion appears in the DECnet documentation for the operating system of the dump
host.
When you use the Add option of DSV$CONFIGURE or DSVCONFIG, the command
procedure assigns a name for the access server dump file. When a dump occurs, MOP
takes the data and creates the dump file. If the access server dumps more than once,
MOP creates new versions of the file.
Upline Dumps with BOOTP/TFTP Hosts
Load hosts that use BOOTP and TFTP protocols store upline dumps in the file that you
created when you configured the load host.
Refer to the
DECserver Network Access Software Installation
(DIGITAL UNIX)
guide.
