Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

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Chapter 14 Maintaining and managing the system 727
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide
 
The Maintenance menu includes the following options:
/maint
followed by:
dumplogs <protocol
<server> <filename
<all-isds?>
Collects system log file information and sends it to a file 
on the specified file exchange server. The information 
can then be used for technical support purposes. You 
are prompted to provide the following parameters if you 
do not specify them in the command:
protocol
 is the export protocol. Options are 
tftp|ftp|sftp.
 The default is 
tftp
.
server
 is the host name or IP address of the file 
exchange server.
filename
 is the name of the destination log file 
on the file exchange server. The file is in gzip 
compressed tar format.
all-isds?
 specifies whether the information is 
to be collected from all Nortel SNAS 4050 devices 
in the cluster or only from the device to which you 
are connected. Valid options are 
y
 (= yes, all) or 
n
 
(= no, single).
If you specify 
n
 (= no) and you are connected to the 
MIP, information will be collected for the Nortel 
SNAS 4050 device currently in control of the MIP.
for FTP and SFTP, user name and password.
The file sent to the file exchange server does not 
contain any sensitive information related to the system 
configuration, such as private keys.