N8406-023 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch Command Reference Guide (ISCLI) 156
Panic command
The panic command causes the switch to dump state information immediately to flash memory and reboot.
To select panic, at the prompt, enter:
>> Switch# debug panic
A FLASH dump already exists.
Confirm replacing existing dump and reboot [y/n]:
Enter
y
to confirm the command:
Dump and reboot [y/n]:
y
A list of messages is displayed:
Starting system dump...done.
Reboot at 11:54:08 Wednesday October 30, 2006...
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Rebooted because of console PANIC command.
Booting complete
Unscheduled system dumps
If there is an unscheduled system dump to flash memory, the following message is displayed when you log on to
the switch:
Note: A system dump exists in FLASH. The dump was saved
at 13:43:22 Wednesday October 30, 2006.
Use show flash-dump uuencode to
extract the dump for analysis and clear flash-dump to
clear the FLASH region. The region must be cleared
before another dump can be saved.