Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 12.2T
Troubleshooting and Fault Management Commands

Table Of Contents

Troubleshooting and Fault Management Commands

attach

clear logging

clear logging xml

diag

exception core-file

exception crashinfo file

exception crashinfo buffersize

exception dump

exception linecard

exception memory

exception protocol

exception region-size

exception spurious-interrupt

execute-on

logging buffered

logging buffered xml

logging console

logging console xml

logging count

logging facility

logging history

logging history size

logging host

logging linecard

logging monitor

logging monitor xml

logging on

logging rate-limit

logging source-interface

logging synchronous

logging trap

ping

ping ip

service sequence-numbers

service slave-log

service tcp-keepalives-in

service tcp-keepalives-out

service timestamps

show c2600 (2600)

show c7200 (7200)

show cls

show context

show controllers (GRP image)

show controllers (line card image)

show controllers logging

show controllers tech-support

show debugging

show environment

show gsr

show gt64010 (7200)

show logging

show logging count

show logging history

show logging xml

show memory

show memory ecc

show pci

show pci hardware

show processes

show processes cpu

show processes memory

show protocols

show stacks

show subsys

show tcp

show tcp brief

show tdm connections

show tdm data

show tech-support

show tech-support

test flash

test interfaces

test memory

trace (privileged)

trace (user)


Troubleshooting and Fault Management Commands



Note This document applies to specifically to Cisco IOS Release 12.2T, up to and including 12.2(15)T.
For command reference documentation updates, please see the Cisco IOS Release 12.3 (mainline) Command Reference documents. Cisco IOS Release 12.3 contains all of the changes to commands implemented in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2T train.


This chapter describes the commands used to troubleshoot a routing device. To troubleshoot, you need to discover, isolate, and resolve the system problems. You can discover problems with the system monitoring commands, isolate problems with the system test commands (including debug commands), and resolve problems by reconfiguring your system with the suite of Cisco IOS software commands.

This chapter describes general fault management commands. For detailed troubleshooting procedures and a variety of scenarios, see the Cisco IOS Internetwork Troubleshooting Guide publication. For complete details on all debug commands, see the Cisco IOS Debug Command Reference.

For troubleshooting tasks and examples, refer to the "Troubleshooting and Fault Management" chapter or the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2.

attach

To connect to a specific line card for the purpose of executing monitoring and maintenance commands on that line card only, use the attach command in privileged EXEC mode. To exit from the Cisco IOS software image on the line card and return to the Cisco IOS image on the GRP card, use the exit command.

attach slot-number

Syntax Description

slot-number

Slot number of the line card you want to connect to. Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 router and 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008 router. If the slot number is omitted, you will be prompted for the slot number.


Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was introduced for the Cisco 12000 series.


Usage Guidelines

You must first use the attach privileged EXEC command to access the Cisco IOS software image on a line card before using line card-specific show EXEC commands. Alternatively, you can use the execute-on privileged EXEC command to execute a show command on a specific line card.

After you connect to the Cisco IOS image on the line card using the attach command, the prompt changes to LC-Slotx#, where x is the slot number of the line card.

The commands executed on the line card use the Cisco IOS image on that line card.

You can also use the execute-on slot privileged EXEC command to execute commands on one or all line cards.


Note Do not execute the config EXEC command from the Cisco IOS software image on the line card.


Examples

In the following example, the user connects to the Cisco IOS image running on the line card in slot 9, gets a list of valid show commands, and returns the Cisco IOS image running on the GRP:

Router# attach 9

Entering Console for 4 Port Packet Over SONET OC-3c/STM-1 in Slot: 9
Type exit to end this session

Press RETURN to get started!

LC-Slot9# show ?

  cef       Cisco Express Forwarding
  clock     Display the system clock
  context   Show context information about recent crash(s)
  history   Display the session command history
  hosts     IP domain-name, lookup style, nameservers, and host table
  ipc       Interprocess communications commands
  location  Display the system location
  sessions  Information about Telnet connections
  terminal  Display terminal configuration parameters
  users     Display information about terminal lines
  version   System hardware and software status

LC-Slot9# exit

Disconnecting from slot 9.
Connection Duration: 00:01:04
Router# 

Note Because not all statistics are maintained on the line cards, the output from some of the show commands might not be consistent.


Related Commands

Command
Description

attach shelf

Connects you to a specific (managed) shelf for the purpose of remotely executing commands on that shelf only.

execute-on slot

Executes commands remotely on a specific line card, or on all line cards simultaneously.


clear logging

To clear messages from the logging buffer, use the clear logging command in privileged EXEC mode.

clear logging

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Examples

In the following example, the logging buffer is cleared:

Router# clear logging

Clear logging buffer [confirm]
Router#

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging buffered

Logs messages to an internal buffer.

show logging

Displays the state of logging (syslog).


clear logging xml

To clear the contents of the XML system message logging (syslog) buffer, use the clear logging xml command in EXEC mode.

clear logging xml

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

User EXEC

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(15)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

This command clears the contents of the XML-formatted logging buffer, but does not clear the contents of the standard logging buffer. The system will prompt you to confirm the action before clearing the buffer.

Examples

In the following example, the XML-specific buffer is cleared:

Router# clear logging xml 
Clear XML logging buffer [confirm]?y 

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging buffered xml

Enables system message logging (syslog) to the XML-specific buffer in XML format.

show logging xml

Displays the state of XML-formatted system message logging, followed by the contents of the XML-specific buffer.


diag

To perform field diagnostics on a line card, on the Gigabit Route Processor (GRP), on the Switch Fabric Cards (SFCs), and on the Clock Scheduler Card (CSC) in Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers (GSRs), use the diag command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable field diagnostics on a line card, use the no form of this command.

diag slot-number [halt | previous | post | verbose [wait] | wait]

no diag slot-number

Syntax Description

slot-number

Slot number of the line card you want to test. Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 and 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008 router. Slot numbers for the CSC are 16 and 17, and for the FSC are 18, 19, and 20.

halt

(Optional) Stops the field diagnostic testing on the line card.

previous

(Optional) Displays previous test results (if any) for the line card.

post

(Optional) Initiates an EPROM-based extended power-on self-test (EPOST) only. The EPOST test suite is not as comprehensive as the field diagnostics, and a pass/fail message is the only message displayed on the console.

verbose [wait]

(Optional) Enables the maximum status messages to be displayed on the console. By default, only the minimum status messages are displayed on the console. If you specify the optional wait keyword, the Cisco IOS software is not automatically reloaded on the line card after the test completes.

wait

(Optional) Stops the automatic reloading of the Cisco IOS software on the line card after the completion of the field diagnostic testing. If you use this keyword, you must use the microcode reload slot global configuration command, or manually remove and insert the line card (to power it up) in the slot so that the GRP will recognize the line card and download the Cisco IOS software image to the line card.


Defaults

No field diagnostics tests are performed on the line card.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was added to support the Cisco 12000 series GSR.


Usage Guidelines

The diag command must be executed from the GRP main console port.

Perform diagnostics on the CSC only if a redundant CSC is in the router.

Diagnostics will stop and ask you for confirmation before altering the router's configuration. For example, running diagnostics on a SFC or CSC will cause the fabric to go from full bandwidth to one-fourth bandwidth. Bandwidth is not affected by GRP or line card diagnostics.

The field diagnostic software image is bundled with the Cisco IOS software and is downloaded automatically from the GRP to the target line card prior to testing.


Caution Performing field diagnostics on a line card stops all activity on the line card. Before the diag EXEC command begins running diagnostics, you are prompted to confirm the request to perform field diagnostics on the line card.

In normal mode, if a test fails, the title of the failed test is displayed on the console. However, not all tests that are performed are displayed. To view all the tests that are performed, use the verbose keyword.

After all diagnostic tests are completed on the line card, a PASSED or TEST FAILURE message is displayed. If the line card sends a PASSED message, the Cisco IOS software image on the line card is automatically reloaded unless the wait keyword is specified. If the line card sends a TEST FAILURE message, the Cisco IOS software image on the line card is not automatically reloaded.

If you want to reload the line card after it fails diagnostic testing, use the microcode reload slot global configuration command.


Note When you stop the field diagnostic test, the line card remains down (that is, in an unbooted state). In most cases, you stopped the testing because you need to remove the line card or replace the line card. If that is not the case, and you want to bring the line card back up (that is, online), you must use the microcode reload global configuration command or power cycle the line card.


If the line card fails the test, the line card is defective and should be replaced. In future releases this might not be the case because DRAM and SDRAM SIMM modules might be field replaceable units. For example, if the DRAM test failed you might only need to replace the DRAM on the line card.

For more information, refer to the Cisco 12000 series installation and configuration guides.

Examples

In the following example, a user is shown the output when field diagnostics are performed on the line card in slot 3. After the line card passes all field diagnostic tests, the Cisco IOS software is automatically reloaded on the card. Before starting the diagnostic tests, you must confirm the request to perform these tests on the line card because all activity on the line card is halted. The total/indiv. timeout set to 600/220 sec. message indicates that 600 seconds are allowed to perform all field diagnostics tests, and that no single test should exceed 220 seconds to complete.


Router# diag 3 

Running Diags will halt ALL activity on the requested slot. [confirm]
Router#
Launching a Field Diagnostic for slot 3
Running DIAG config check
RUNNING DIAG download to slot 3 (timeout set to 400 sec.)
sending cmd FDIAG-DO ALL to fdiag in slot 3
(total/indiv. timeout set to 600/220 sec.)
Field Diagnostic ****PASSED**** for slot 3
Field Diag eeprom values: run 159 fial mode 0 (PASS) slot 3
   last test failed was 0, error code 0
sending SHUTDOWN FDIAG_QUIT to fdiag in slot 3

Board will reload
.
.
.
Router#

In the following example, a user is shown the output when field diagnostics are performed on the line card in slot 3 in verbose mode:

Router# diag 3 verbose 

Running Diags will halt ALL activity on the requested slot. [confirm]
Router#
Launching a Field Diagnostic for slot 3
Running DIAG config check
RUNNING DIAG download to slot 3 (timeout set to 400 sec.)
sending cmd FDIAG-DO ALL to fdiag in slot 3
(total/indiv. timeout set to 600/220 sec.)
FDIAG_STAT_IN_PROGRESS: test #1 R5K Internal Cache
FDIAG_STAT_PASS test_num 1
FDIAG_STAT_IN_PROGRESS: test #2 Sunblock Ordering
FDIAG_STAT_PASS test_num 2
FDIAG_STAT_IN_PROGRESS: test #3 Dram Datapins
FDIAG_STAT_PASS test_num 3
.
.
.
Field Diags: FDIAG_STAT_DONE
Field Diagnostic ****PASSED**** for slot 3
Field Diag eeprom values: run 159 fial mode 0 (PASS) slot 3
   last test failed was 0, error code 0
sending SHUTDOWN FDIAG_QUIT to fdiag in slot 3

Board will reload
.
.
.
Router#

Related Commands

Command
Description

microcode reload

Reloads the Cisco IOS image on a line card on the Cisco 7000 series with RSP7000, Cisco 7500 series, or Cisco 12000 series routers after all microcode configuration commands have been entered.


exception core-file

To specify the name of the core dump file, use the exception core-file command in global configuration mode. To return to the default core filename, use the no form of this command.

exception core-file file-name

no exception core-file

Syntax Description

file-name

Name of the core dump file saved on the server.


Defaults

The core file is named hostname-core, where hostname is the name of the router.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

If you use TFTP to dump the core file to a server, the router will only dump the first 16 MB of the core file. If the router's memory is larger than 16 MB, the whole core file will not be copied to the server. Therefore, use rcp or FTP to dump the core file.


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

Examples

In the following example, a user configures a router to use FTP to dump a core file named dumpfile to the FTP server at 172.17.92.2 when it crashes:

ip ftp username red
ip ftp password blue
exception protocol ftp
exception dump 172.17.92.2
exception core-file dumpfile

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception dump

Causes the router to dump a core file to a particular server when the router crashes.

exception memory

Causes the router to create a core dump and reboot when certain memory size parameters are violated.

exception spurious-interrupt

Causes the router to create a core dump and reload after a specified number of spurious interrupts.

exception protocol

Configures the protocol used for core dumps.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the username for FTP connections.


exception crashinfo file

To enable the creation of a diagnostic file at the time of unexpected system shutdowns, use the exception crashinfo file command in global configuration mode. To disable the creation of crashinfo files, use the no form of this command.

exception crashinfo file device:filename

no exception crashinfo file device:filename

Syntax Description

device:filename

Specifies the flash device and file name to be used for storing the diagnostic information. The colon is required.


Defaults

Enabled.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(4)T, 12.2(11)

This command was introduced for the Cisco 3600 series only.

12.2(13)T

This command was implemented in 6400-NSP images.


Usage Guidelines

The "crashinfo" file saves information that helps Cisco technical support representatives to debug problems that caused the Cisco IOS image to fail (crash). The switch writes the crash information to the console at the time of the failure, and the file is created the next time you boot the IOS image after the failure (instead of while the system is failing). The file name will be filename_yyyymmdd-hhmmss, where y is year, m is month, d is date, h is hour, and s is seconds.

Examples

In the following example, a crashinfo file called "crashdata" will be created in the default flash memory device if a system crash occurs:

Router(config)# exception crashinfo file flash:crashinfo 

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception crashinfo buffersize

Changes the size of the crashinfo buffer.


exception crashinfo buffersize

To change the size of the buffer used for crashinfo files, use the exception crashinfo buffersize command in global configuration mode. To revert to the default buffersize, use the no form of this command.

exception crashinfo buffersize kilobytes

no exception crashinfo buffersize kilobytes

Syntax Description

kilobytes

Sets the size of the buffersize to the specified value within the range of 32 to 100 kilobytes. The default is 32Kb.


Defaults

Crashinfo buffer is 32Kb.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(4)T, 12.2(11)

This command was introduced for the Cisco 3600 series only.

12.2(13)T

This command was implemented in 6400-NSP images.


Usage Guidelines

The crashinfo file saves information that helps Cisco technical support representatives to debug problems that caused the Cisco IOS image to fail (crash). The switch writes the crash information to the console at the time of the failure, and the file is created the next time you boot the IOS image after the failure (instead of while the system is failing).

Examples

In the following example, a the crashinfo buffer is set to 100Kb:

Router(config)# exception crashinfo buffersize 100

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception crashinfo file

Enables the creation of a diagnostic file at the time of unexpected system shutdowns.


exception dump

To configure the router to dump a core file to a particular server when the router crashes, use the exception dump command in global configuration mode. To disable core dumps, use the no form of this command.

exception dump ip-address

no exception dump

Syntax Description

ip-address

IP address of the server that stores the core dump file.


Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

If you use TFTP to dump the core file to a server, the router will only dump the first 16 MB of the core file. If the router's memory is larger than 16 MB, the whole core file will not be copied to the server. Therefore, use rcp or FTP to dump the core file.

The core dump is written to a file named hostname-core on your server, where hostname is the name of the router. You can change the name of the core file by configuring the exception core-file command.

This procedure can fail for certain types of system crashes. However, if successful, the core dump file will be the size of the memory available on the processor (for example, 16 MB for a CSC/4).

Examples

In the following example, a user configures a router to use FTP to dump a core file to the FTP server at 172.17.92.2 when it crashes:

ip ftp username red
ip ftp password blue
exception protocol ftp
exception dump 172.17.92.2

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception core-file

Specifies the name of the core dump file.

exception memory

Causes the router to create a core dump and reboot when certain memory size parameters are violated.

exception spurious-interrupt

Causes the router to create a core dump and reload after a specified number of spurious interrupts.

exception protocol

Configures the protocol used for core dumps.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the username for FTP connections.

ip rcmd remote-username

Configures the remote username to be used when requesting a remote copy using rcp.


exception linecard

To enable storing of crash information for a line card and optionally specify the type and amount of information stored, use the exception linecard command in global configuration mode. To disable the storing of crash information for the line card, use the no form of this command.

exception linecard {all | slot slot-number} [corefile filename | main-memory size [k | m] | queue-ram size [k | m] | rx-buffer size [k | m] | sqe-register-rx | sqe-register-tx | tx-buffer size [k | m]]

no exception linecard

Syntax Description

all

Stores crash information for all line cards.

slot slot- number

Stores crash information for the line card in the specified slot. Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 and 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008 router.

corefile filename

(Optional) Stores the crash information in the specified file in NVRAM. The default filename is hostname-core-slot-number (for example, c12012-core-8).

main-memory size

(Optional) Stores the crash information for the main memory on the line card and specifies the size of the crash information. Size of the memory to store is 0 to 268435456.

queue-ram size

(Optional) Stores the crash information for the queue RAM memory on the line card and specifies the size of the crash information. Size of the memory to store can be from 0 to 1048576.

rx-buffer size

tx-buffer size

(Optional) Stores the crash information for the receive and transmit buffer on the line card and specifies the size of the crash information. Size of the memory to store can be from 0 to 67108864.

sqe-register-rx

sqe-register-tx

(Optional) Stores crash information for the receive or transmit silicon queueing engine registers on the line card.

k

m

(Optional) The k option multiplies the specified size by 1K (1024), and the m option multiplies the specified size by 1M (1024*1024).


Defaults

No crash information is stored for the line card.

If enabled with no options, the default is to store 256 MB of main memory.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

This command is currently supported only on Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers (GSRs).

Use the exception linecard global configuration command only when directed by a technical support representative. Only enable options that the technical support representative requests you to enable. Technical support representatives need to be able to look at the crash information from the line card to troubleshoot serious problems on the line card. The crash information contains all the line card memory information including the main memory and transmit and receive buffer information.


Caution Use caution when enabling the exception linecard global configuration command. Enabling all options could cause a large amount (150 to 250 MB) of crash information to be sent to the server.

Examples

In the following example, the user enables the storing of crash information for line card 8. By default, 256 MB of main memory is stored.

exception linecard slot 8
end

exception memory

To cause the router to create a core dump and reboot when certain memory size parameters are violated, use the exception memory command in global configuration mode. To disable the rebooting and core dump, use the no form of this command.

exception memory {fragment size | minimum size}

no exception memory {fragment | minimum}

Syntax Description

fragment size

The minimum contiguous block of memory in the free pool, in bytes.

minimum size

The minimum size of the free memory pool, in bytes.


Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

This command is useful to troubleshoot memory leaks.

The size is checked every 60 seconds. If you enter a size that is greater than the free memory, a core dump and router reload is generated after 60 seconds.

The exception dump command must be configured in order to generate a core dump file. If the exception dump command is not configured, the router reloads without generating a core dump.

Examples

In the following example, the user configures the router to monitor the free memory. If the amount of free memory falls below 250,000 bytes, the router will dump the core file and reload.

exception dump 131.108.92.2
exception core-file memory.overrun
exception memory minimum 250000

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception core-file

Specifies the name of the core dump file.

exception dump

Configures the router to dump a core file to a particular server when the router crashes.

exception protocol

Configures the protocol used for core dumps.

exception region-size

Specifies the size of the region for the exception-time memory pool.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the username for FTP connections.


exception protocol

To configure the protocol used for core dumps, use the exception protocol command in global configuration mode. To configure the router to use the default protocol, use the no form of this command.

exception protocol {ftp | rcp | tftp}

no exception protocol

Syntax Description

ftp

Uses File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for core dumps.

rcp

Uses remote copy protocol (rcp) for core dumps.

tftp

Uses TFTP for core dumps. This is the default.


Defaults

TFTP

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

If you use TFTP to dump the core file to a server, the router will only dump the first 16 MB of the core file. If the router's memory is larger than 16 MB, the whole core file will not be copied to the server. Therefore, use rcp or FTP to dump the core file.

Examples

In the following example, the user configures a router to use FTP to dump a core file to the FTP server at 172.17.92.2 when it crashes:

ip ftp username red
ip ftp password blue
exception protocol ftp
exception dump 172.17.92.2

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception core-file

Specifies the name of the core dump file.

exception dump

Causes the router to dump a core file to a particular server when the router crashes.

exception memory

Causes the router to create a core dump and reboot when certain memory size parameters are violated.

exception spurious-interrupt

Causes the router to create a core dump and reload after a specified number of spurious interrupts.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the username for FTP connections.


exception region-size

To specify the size of the region for the exception-time memory pool, use the exception region-size command in global configuration mode. To use the default region size, use the no form of this command.

exception region-size size

no exception region-size

Syntax Description

size

The size of the region for the exception-time memory pool.


Defaults

16,384 bytes

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

The exception region-size command is used to define a small amount of memory to serve as a fallback pool when the processor memory pool is marked corrupt. The exception memory command must be used to allocate memory to perform a core dump.

Examples

In the following example, the region size is set at 1024:

Router# exception region-size 1024

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception core-file

Specifies the name of the core dump file.

exception dump

Configures the router to dump a core file to a particular server when the router crashes.

exception memory

Causes the router to create a core dump and reboot when certain memory size parameters are violated.

exception protocol

Configures the protocol used for core dumps.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the username for FTP connections.


exception spurious-interrupt

To configure the router to create a core dump and reload after a specified number of spurious interrupts, use the exception spurious-interrupt command in global configuration mode. To disable the core dump and reload, use the no form of this command.

exception spurious-interrupt [number]

no exception spurious-interrupt

Syntax Description

number

(Optional) A number from 1 to 4294967295 that indicates the maximum number of spurious interrupts to include in the core dump before reloading.


Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines


Caution Use the exception commands only under the direction of a technical support representative. Creating a core dump while the router is functioning in a network can disrupt network operation. The resulting binary file, which is very large, must be transferred to a TFTP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or remote copy protocol (rcp) server and subsequently interpreted by technical personnel that have access to source code and detailed memory maps.

If you use TFTP to dump the core dump file to a server, the router will only dump the first 16 MB of the file. If the router's memory is larger than 16 MB, the whole core file will not be copied to the server. Therefore, use rcp or FTP to dump the core file.

Examples

In the following example, the user configures a router to create a core dump with a limit of two spurious interrupts:

Router# exception spurious-interrupt 2

Related Commands

Command
Description

exception core-file

Specifies the name of the core dump file.

ip ftp password

Specifies the password to be used for FTP connections.

ip ftp username

Configures the user name for FTP connections.


execute-on

To execute commands on a line card, use the execute-on command in privileged EXEC mode.

execute-on {slot slot-number | all | master} command

Syntax Description

slot slot-number

Executes the command on the line card in the specified slot. Slot numbers can be chosen from the following ranges:

Cisco 12012 router: 0 to 11

Cisco 12008 access server: 0 to 7

Cisco AS5800 access server: 0 to 13

all

Executes the command on all line cards.

master

(AS5800 only) Executes the designated command on a Dial Shelf Controller (DSC). Do not use this option; it is used for technical support troubleshooting only.

command

Cisco IOS command to remotely execute on the line card.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was introduced to support Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers.

11.3(2)AA

Support for this command was added to the Cisco AS5800 universal access server.


Usage Guidelines

Use this command to execute a command on one or all line cards to monitor and maintain information on one or more line cards (for example, a line card in a specified slot on a dial shelf). This allows you to issue commands remotely; that is, to issue commands without needing to log in to the line card directly. The all form of the command allows you to issue commands to all the line cards without having to log in to each in turn.

Though this command does not have a no form, note that it is possible to use the no form of the remotely executed commands used in this command.


Tip This command is useful when used with show EXEC commands (such as show version), because you can verify and troubleshoot the features found only on a specific line card. Please note, however, that because not all statistics are maintained on the line cards, the output from some of the show commands might not be consistent.


Cisco 12000 GSR Guidelines and Restrictions

You can use the execute-on privileged EXEC command only from Cisco IOS software running on the GRP card.


Timesaver Though you can use the attach privileged EXEC command to execute commands on a specific line card, using the execute-on slot command saves you some steps. For example, first you must use the attach command to connect to the Cisco IOS software running on the line card. Next you must issue the command. Finally you must disconnect from the line card to return to the Cisco IOS software running on the GRP card. With the execute-on slot command, you can perform three steps with one command. In addition, the execute-on all command allows you to perform the same command on all line cards simultaneously.


Cisco AS5800 Guidelines and Restrictions

The purpose of the command is to conveniently enable certain commands to be remotely executed on the dial shelf cards from the router without connecting to each line card. This is the recommended procedure, because it avoids the possibility of adversely affecting a good configuration of a line card in the process. The execute-on command does not give access to every Cisco IOS command available on the Cisco AS5800 access server. In general, the purpose of the execute-on command is to provide access to statistical reports from line cards without directly connecting to the dial shelf line cards.


Warning Do not use this command to change configurations on dial shelf cards, because such changes will not be reflected in the router shelf.


Using this command makes it possible to accumulate inputs for inclusion in the show tech-support command.

The master form of the command can run a designated command remotely on the router from the DSC card. However, using the console on the DSC is not recommended. It is used for technical support troubleshooting only.

The show tech-support command for each dial shelf card is bundled into the router shelf's show tech-support command via the execute-on facility.

The execute-on command also support interactive commands such as the following:

router: execute-on slave slot slot ping

The execute-on command has the same limitations and restrictions as a vty telnet client has; that is, it cannot reload DSC using the following command:

router: execute-on slave slot slot reload

You can use the execute-on command to enable remote execution of the commands included in the following partial list:

debug dsc clock

show context

show diag

show environment

show dsc clock

show dsi

show dsip

show tech-support

Examples

In the following example, the user executes the show controllers command on the line card in slot 4 of a Cisco 12000 series GSR:

Router# execute-on slot 4 show controllers

========= Line Card (Slot 4) =======

Interface POS0
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   6033A6E0
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000400
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC16 enabled, HDLC enc, int clock
no loop

Interface POS1
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   6033CEC0
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000600
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC32 enabled, HDLC enc, int clock
no loop

Interface POS2
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   6033F6A0
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000800
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC32 enabled, HDLC enc, int clock
no loop

Interface POS3
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   60341E80
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000A00
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC32 enabled, HDLC enc, ext clock
no loop
Router# 

Related Commands

Command
Description

attach

Connects you to a specific line card for the purpose of executing commands using the Cisco IOS software image on that line card.


logging buffered

To enable system message logging to a local buffer and limit messages logged to the buffer based on severity, use the logging buffered command in global configuration mode. To cancel the use of the buffer, use the no form of this command. The default form of this command returns the buffer size to the default size.

logging buffered [buffer-size | level]

no logging buffered

default logging buffered

Syntax Description

buffer-size

(Optional) Size of the buffer from 4096 to 4,294,967,295 bytes. The default size varies by platform.

level

(Optional) Limits the logging of messages to the buffer to a specified level. You can enter the level name or level number. See Table 55 for a list of the acceptable level name or level number keywords. The default logging level varies by platform, but is generally 7, meaning that messages at all levels (0-7) are logged to the buffer.


Defaults

Varies by platform. For most platforms, logging to the buffer is disabled by default. When enabled, the default logging level is 7 (debugging).

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.

11.1(17)T

The level argument was added.


Usage Guidelines

This command copies logging messages to an internal buffer. The buffer is circular in nature, so newer messages overwrite older messages after the buffer is filled.

Specifying a level causes messages at that level and numerically lower levels to be logged in an internal buffer. See Table 55 for a list of level arguments.

Do not make the buffer size too large because the router could run out of memory for other tasks. You can use the show memory EXEC command to view the free processor memory on the router; however, this is the maximum available and should not be approached. The default logging buffered command resets the buffer size to the default for the platform.

To display the messages that are logged in the buffer, use the show logging command. The first message displayed is the oldest message in the buffer.

The show logging command displays the addresses and levels associated with the current logging setup, and any other logging statistics.

Table 55 Error Message Logging Priorities and Corresponding Level Names/Numbers 

Level Name
Level Number
Description
Syslog Definition

emergencies

0

System unusable

LOG_EMERG

alerts

1

Immediate action needed

LOG_ALERT

critical

2

Critical conditions

LOG_CRIT

errors

3

Error conditions

LOG_ERR

warnings

4

Warning conditions

LOG_WARNING

notifications

5

Normal but significant condition

LOG_NOTICE

informational

6

Informational messages only

LOG_INFO

debugging

7

Debugging messages

LOG_DEBUG


Examples

In the following example, the user enables standard system logging to the local syslog buffer:

Router(config)# logging buffered

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear logging

Clears messages from the logging buffer.

logging buffered xml

Enables system message logging (syslog) and sends XML-formatted logging messages to the XML-specific system buffer.

show logging

Displays the state of logging (syslog).


logging buffered xml

To enable system message logging (syslog) and send XML-formatted logging messages to the XML-specific system buffer, use the logging buffered xml command in global configuration mode. To disable the XML syslog buffer and return the size of the buffer to the default, use the no form of this command.

logging buffered xml [xml-buffer-size]

no logging buffered xml [xml-buffer-size]

Syntax Description

xml-buffer-size

(Optional) Size of the buffer, from 4,096 to 4,294,967,295 bytes (4 kilobytes to 2 gigabytes). The default size varies by platform. This value is ignored if entered as part of the no form of this command.


Defaults

XML formatting of system logging messages is disabled.

The default XML syslog buffer size is the same size as the standard syslog buffer.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(15)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Standard logging is enabled by default, but XML-formatted system message logging is disabled by default. If standard logging has been disabled on your system (using the no logging on command), standard logging must be reenabled using the logging on command before using the logging buffered xml command.

The logging buffered xml command copies logging messages to an internal XML buffer. The XML syslog buffer is separate from the standard syslog buffer (created using the logging buffered command).

The buffer is circular, so newer messages overwrite older messages as the buffer is filled.

The severity level for logged messages is determined by the setting of the logging buffered command. If the logging buffered command has not been used, the default severity level for that command is used. The default severity level varies by platform, but is generally level 7 ("debugging") , meaning that messages at all severity levels (0 through 7) are logged. For more information on severity levels, see the documentation of the logging buffered command.

Do not make the buffer size too large because the router could run out of memory for other tasks. You can use the show memory EXEC command to view the free processor memory on the router; however, this value is the maximum available and should not be approached.

To return the size of the XML logging buffer to the default, enter the logging buffered xml command again without a buffer size value.

To display the messages that are logged in the buffer, use the show logging xml command in EXEC mode. The first message displayed is the oldest message in the buffer.

Examples

In the following example, the user enables logging to the XML syslog buffer and sets the XML syslog buffer size to 14 kilobytes:

Router(config)# logging buffered xml 14336

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear logging xml

Clears all messages from the XML-specific system message logging (syslog) buffer.

logging on

Globally controls (enables or disables) system message logging.

logging buffered

Enables standard system message logging (syslog) to a local buffer and sets the severity level and buffer size for the logging buffer.

show logging xml

Displays the state of XML-formatted system message logging, followed by the contents of the XML-specific buffer.


logging console

To send system logging (syslog) messages to all available TTY lines and limit messages based on severity, use the logging console command in global configuration mode. To disable logging to the console terminal, use the no form of this command.

logging console [severity-level]

no logging console [severity-level]

Syntax Description

severity-level

Limits the logging of messages displayed on the console terminal to the specified level and (numerically) lower levels. You can enter the level number or level name. See Table 56 for a list of the level arguments.


Defaults

In general, the default is to log messages from level 0 (emergencies) to level 7 (debugging). However, the default level varies by platform.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The console keyword indicates all available TTY lines. This can mean a console terminal attached to the router's TTY line, a dial-up modem connection, or a printer.

Specifying a level causes messages at that level and numerically lower levels to be sent to the console (TTY lines).

The show logging EXEC command displays the addresses and levels associated with the current logging setup, and any other logging statistics. See Table 56.

Table 56 Error Message Logging Priorities and Corresponding Level Names/Numbers 

Level Arguments
Level
Description
Syslog Definition

emergencies

0

System unusable

LOG_EMERG

alerts

1

Immediate action needed

LOG_ALERT

critical

2

Critical conditions

LOG_CRIT

errors

3

Error conditions

LOG_ERR

warnings

4

Warning conditions

LOG_WARNING

notifications

5

Normal but significant condition

LOG_NOTICE

informational

6

Informational messages only

LOG_INFO

debugging

7

Debugging messages

LOG_DEBUG



Note The effect of the log keyword with the IP access list (extended) interface configuration command depends on the setting of the logging console command. The log keyword takes effect only if the logging console level is set to 6 or 7. If you change the default to a level lower than 6 and specify the log keyword with the IP access list (extended) command, no information is logged or displayed.


Examples

In the following example, the user changes the level of messages sent to the console terminal (TTY lines) to alerts, which means messages at levels 0 and 1 are sent:

Router(config)# logging console alerts 

Related Commands

Command
Description

access-list (extended)

Defines an extended XNS access list.

logging facility

Configures the syslog facility in which error messages are sent.


logging console xml

To enable XML-formatted system message logging to the console connections, use the logging console xml command in global configuration mode. To disable all logging to the console connections, use the no form of this command.

logging console xml [severity-level]

no logging console xml

Syntax Description

severity-level

(Optional) The number or name of the desired severity level at which messages should be logged. Messages at or numerically lower than the specified level are logged. Severity levels are as follows (enter the number or the keyword):

{0 | emergencies}— System is unusable

{1 | alerts}—Immediate action needed

{2 | critical}—Critical conditions

{3 | errors}—Error conditions

{4 | warnings}—Warning conditions

{5 | notifications}—Normal but significant conditions

{6 | informational}—Informational messages

{7 | debugging}— Debugging messages


Defaults

Logging to the console is enabled.

XML-formatted logging to the console is disabled.

The default severity level varies by platform, but is generally level 7 (messages at levels 0 through 7 are logged).

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(15)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

To return system logging messages to standard text (without XML formatting), issue the standard logging console command (without the xml keyword extension).

Examples

In the following example, the user enables XML-formatted system message logging to the console for messages at levels 0 through 4:

Router(config)# logging console xml 4

Related Commands

Command
Description

show logging xml

Displays the state of XML-formatted system message logging, followed by the contents of the XML syslog buffer.


logging count

To enable the error log count capability, use the logging count command in global configuration mode. To disable the error log count capability, use the no form of this command.

logging count

no logging count

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

This command is disabled.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(8)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The logging count command counts every syslog message and time-stamps the occurrence of each message.

Examples

In the following example, syslog messages are logged to the system buffer and the logging count capability is enabled:

Router(config)# logging buffered notifications
Router(config)# logging count
Router(config)# end
Router# show logging count

Facility       Message Name                     Sev Occur   Last Time
                        
=============================================================================
SYS            BOOTTIME                          6    1     00:00:12
SYS            RESTART                           5    1     00:00:11
SYS            CONFIG_I                          5    3     1d00h
-------------  -------------------------------  -----------------------------
SYS TOTAL                                              5

LINEPROTO      UPDOWN                             5   13 00:00:19
-------------  -------------------------------  -----------------------------
LINEPROTO TOTAL                                       13

LINK           UPDOWN                             3    1 00:00:18
LINK           CHANGED                            5   12 00:00:09
-------------  -------------------------------  -----------------------------
LINK TOTAL                                            13

SNMP           COLDSTART                          5    1 00:00:11
-------------  -------------------------------  -----------------------------
SNMP TOTAL 

Related Commands

Command
Description

show logging

Displays the state of system logging (syslog).


logging facility

To configure the syslog facility in which error messages are sent, use the logging facility command in global configuration mode. To revert to the default of local7, use the no form of this command.

logging facility facility-type

no logging facility

Syntax Description

facility-type

Syslog facility. See the Usage Guidelines section of this command reference entry for descriptions of acceptable keywords.


Defaults

local7

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Table 57 describes the acceptable keywords for the facility-type argument.

Table 57 logging facility facility-type Argument 

Facility-type keyword
Description

auth

Authorization system

cron

Cron facility

daemon

System daemon

kern

Kernel

local0-7

Reserved for locally defined messages

lpr

Line printer system

mail

Mail system

news

USENET news

sys9

System use

sys10

System use

sys11

System use

sys12

System use

sys13

System use

sys14

System use

syslog

System log

user

User process

uucp

UNIX-to-UNIX copy system


Examples

In the following example, the user configures the syslog facility to the kernel facility type:

logging facility kern

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging console

Limits messages logged to the console based on severity.


logging history

To limit syslog messages sent to the router's history table and to an SNMP network management station based on severity, use the logging history command in global configuration mode. To return the logging of syslog messages to the default level, use the no form of this command with the previously configured severity level argument.

logging history [severity-level-name | severity-level-number]

no logging history [severity-level-name | severity-level-number]

Syntax Description

severity-level-name

Name of the severity level. Specifies the lowest severity level for system error message logging. See the Usage Guidelines section of this command for available keywords.

severity-level-number

Number of the severity level. Specifies the lowest severity level for system error message logging. See the Usage Guidelines section of this command for available keywords.


Defaults

Logging of error messages of severity levels 0 through 4 (emergency, alert, critical, error, and warning levels); in other words, "saving level warnings or higher"

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The sending of syslog messages to an SNMP network management station (NMS) occurs when you enable syslog traps with the snmp-server enable traps syslog global configuration mode command.

Because SNMP traps are potentially unreliable, at least one syslog message, the most recent message, is stored in a history table on the router. The history table, which contains table size, message status, and message text data, can be viewed using the show logging history command. The number of messages stored in the table is governed by the logging history size global configuration mode command.

Severity levels are numbered 0 through 7, with 0 being the highest severity level and 7 being the lowest severity level (that is, the lower the number, the more critical the message). Specifying a level causes messages at that severity level and numerically lower levels to be stored in the router's history table and sent to the SNMP network management station. For example, specifying the level critical causes messages as the critical (3), alert (2), and emergency (1) levels to be saved to the logging history table.

Table 58 provides a description of logging severity levels, listed from highest severity to lowest severity, and the arguments used in the logging history command syntax. Note that you can use the level name or the level number as the level argument in this command.

Table 58 Syslog Error Message Severity Levels 

Severity Level Name
Severity Level Number
Description
Syslog Definition

emergencies

0

System unusable

LOG_EMERG

alerts

1

Immediate action needed

LOG_ALERT

critical

2

Critical conditions

LOG_CRIT

errors

3

Error conditions

LOG_ERR

warnings

4

Warning conditions

LOG_WARNING

notifications

5

Normal but significant condition

LOG_NOTICE

informational

6

Informational messages only

LOG_INFO

debugging

7

Debugging messages

LOG_DEBUG


Examples

In the following example, the system is initially configured to the default of saving severity level 4 or higher. The logging history 1 command is used to configure the system to save only level 1 (alert) and level 0 (emergency) messages to the logging history table, and, by extension, to send only these levels in the SNMP notifications. The configuration is then confirmed using the show logging history command.

Router#show logging history 
Syslog History Table:10 maximum table entries,
! The following line shows that system-error-message-logging is set to the
! default level of "warnings" (4).
saving level warnings or higher
 23 messages ignored, 0 dropped, 0 recursion drops                                                  
 1 table entries flushed
 SNMP notifications not enabled
   entry number 2 : LINK-3-UPDOWN
    Interface FastEthernet0, changed state to up                                                
    timestamp: 2766 
Router#configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z. 
Router(config)#logging history 1 
Router(config)#snmp-server enable traps syslog 
Router(config)#end 
Router#
4w0d: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Router#show logging history 
Syslog History Table:1 maximum table entries,
! The following line indicates that `logging history level 1' (alerts) is configured.
saving level alerts or higher
 18 messages ignored, 0 dropped, 0 recursion drops
 1 table entries flushed
 SNMP notifications enabled, 0 notifications sent
   entry number 2 : LINK-3-UPDOWN
    Interface FastEthernet0, changed state to up
    timestamp: 2766
Router#

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging on

Controls (enables or disables) the logging of error messages.

logging history size

Sets the maximum number of syslog messages that can be stored in the router's syslog history table.

show logging

Displays the state of system logging (syslog) and contents of the local logging buffer.

show logging history

Displays information about the system logging history table.

snmp-server enable traps syslog

Controls (enables or disables) the sending of SYSLOG MIB notifications.

snmp-server host

Specifies the recipient of an SNMP notification operation.


logging history size

To change the number of syslog messages stored in the router's history table, use the logging history size command in global configuration mode. To return the number of messages to the default value, use the no form of this command.

logging history size number

no logging history size

Syntax Description

number

Number from 1 to 500 that indicates the maximum number of messages stored in the history table.


Defaults

One message

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

When the history table is full (that is, it contains the maximum number of message entries specified with the logging history size command), the oldest message entry is deleted from the table to allow the new message entry to be stored.

Examples

In the following example, the user sets the number of messages stored in the history table to 20:

logging history size 20

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging history

Limits syslog messages sent to the router's history table and the SNMP network management station based on severity.

show logging

Displays the state of logging (syslog).


logging host

To log system messages and debug output to a remote host, use the logging host command in global configuration mode. To remove a specified logging host from the configuration, use the no form of this command.

logging host {ip-address | host-name} [xml]

no logging host {ip-address | host-name} [xml]

Syntax Description

ip-address

IP address of the host to be used as a syslog server.

host-name

Name of the host to be used as a syslog server.

xml

(Optional) Specifies that the logging output should be tagged using the Cisco defined XML tags. This applies to system logging messages only (not to debug command output).


Defaults

System logging messages are not sent to any remote host.

If this command is entered without the xml keyword, messages are sent in the standard format.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

The logging command was introduced.

12.0(14)S, 12.0(14)ST, 12.2(15)T

The logging host command replaced the logging command.

12.2(15)T

The xml keyword was added.


Usage Guidelines

System logging messages are also called system error messages.

Standard system message logging (syslog) is enabled by default. If logging has been disabled on your system (using the no logging on command), logging must be reenabled using the logging on command before using the logging host command.

The logging host command identifies a remote host (syslog server) to receive logging messages. By issuing this command more than once, you build a list of syslog servers that receive logging messages.

To specify the severity level for logging to all hosts, use the logging trap command.

You can specify that standard syslog messages are to be sent to one or more hosts while XML-formatted messages are to be sent to another host (or hosts) by repeating this command with the appropriate syntax.

If you enter the logging host {ip-address | host-name} command after entering the logging host {ip-address | host-name} xml command and you use the same IP address or host name in both commands, XML formatting is disabled for that host, and messages will be sent in the standard format. In other words, a standard logging host command will replace an XML logging host command, and vice versa, if the same host is specified.


Note Any no logging host command (with or without the xml keyword) will disable all logging to the specified host.


Examples

In the following example, messages at severity levels 0 (emergencies) through 5 (notifications) are logged to a host at 209.165.202.169:

Router(config)# logging host 209.165.202.169 
Router(config)# logging trap 5 

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging on

Globally controls (enables or disables) system message logging.

logging trap

Limits messages sent to the syslog servers based on severity level.

show logging

Displays the state of system message logging, followed by the contents of the standard syslog buffer.

show logging xml

Displays the state of XML-formatted system message logging, followed by the contents of the XML syslog buffer.


logging linecard

To log messages to an internal buffer on a line card, use the logging linecard command in global configuration mode. To cancel the use of the internal buffer on the line cards, use the no form of this command.

logging linecard [size | level]

no logging linecard

Syntax Description

size

(Optional) Size of the buffer used for each line card. The range is from 4096 to 65,536 bytes. The default is 8 KB.

level

(Optional) Limits the logging of messages displayed on the console terminal to a specified level. The message level can be one of the following:

alerts—Immediate action needed

critical—Critical conditions

debugging—Debugging messages

emergencies—System is unusable

errors—Error conditions

informational—Informational messages

notifications—Normal but significant conditions

warnings—Warning conditions


Defaults

The Cisco IOS software logs messages to the internal buffer on the GRP card.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was added to support the Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers.


Usage Guidelines

Specifying a message level causes messages at that level and numerically lower levels to be stored in the internal buffer on the line cards.

Table 59 lists the message levels and associated numerical level. For example, if you specify a message level of critical, all critical, alert, and emergency messages will be logged.

Table 59 Message Levels 

Level Keyword
Level

emergencies

0

alerts

1

critical

2

errors

3

warnings

4

notifications

5

informational

6

debugging

7


To display the messages that are logged in the buffer, use the show logging slot EXEC command. The first message displayed is the oldest message in the buffer.

Do not make the buffer size too large because the router could run out of memory for other tasks. You can use the show memory EXEC command to view the free processor memory on the router; however, this is the maximum available and should not be approached.

Examples

The following example enables logging to an internal buffer on the line cards using the default buffer size and logging warning, error, critical, alert, and emergency messages:

logging linecard warnings
end

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear logging

Clears messages from the logging buffer.

show logging

Displays the state of logging (syslog).


logging monitor

To enable system message logging to the terminal lines (monitor connections) and limit these messages based on severity, use the logging monitor command in global configuration mode. To disable logging to terminal lines other than the console line, use the no form of this command.

logging monitor severity-level

no logging monitor

Syntax Description

severity-level

(Optional) The number or name of the desired severity level at which messages should be logged. Messages at or numerically lower than the specified level are logged. Severity levels are as follows (enter the number or the keyword):

{0 | emergencies}— System is unusable

{1 | alerts}—Immediate action needed

{2 | critical}—Critical conditions

{3 | errors}—Error conditions

{4 | warnings}—Warning conditions

{5 | notifications}—Normal but significant conditions

{6 | informational}—Informational messages

{7 | debugging}— Debugging messages


Defaults

debugging (severity-level 7)

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Specifying a severity-level causes messages only at that level and numerically lower levels to be displayed to the monitor (terminal lines).

Examples

In the following example, the user specifies that only messages of the levels errors, critical, alerts, and emergencies be logged to monitor connections:

Router(config)# logging monitor 3

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging monitor xml

Applies XML formatting to messages logged to the monitor connections.

terminal monitor

Displays debug command output and system error messages for the current terminal and session.


logging monitor xml

To enable XML-formatted system message logging to monitor connections, use the logging console xml command in global configuration mode. To disable all logging to the monitor connections, use the no form of this command.

logging monitor xml [severity-level]

no logging monitor xml

Syntax Description

severity-level

(Optional) The number or name of the desired severity level at which messages should be logged. Messages at or numerically lower than the specified level are logged. Severity levels are as follows (enter the number or the keyword):

{0 | emergencies}— System is unusable

{1 | alerts}—Immediate action needed

{2 | critical}—Critical conditions

{3 | errors}—Error conditions

{4 | warnings}—Warning conditions

{5 | notifications}—Normal but significant conditions

{6 | informational}—Informational messages

{7 | debugging}— Debugging messages


Defaults

Logging to monitor connections is enabled.

XML-formatted logging to monitor connections is disabled.

The default severity level varies by platform, but is generally level 7 (messages at levels 0 through 7 are logged).

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.2(15)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The monitor keyword specifies the TTY (TeleTYpe) line connections at all line ports. TTY lines (also called ports) communicate with peripheral devices such as terminals, modems, and serial printers. An example of a TTY connection is a PC with a terminal emulation program connected to the device using a dial-up modem, or a Telnet connection.

To return system logging messages to standard text (without XML formatting), issue the standard logging monitor command (without the xml keyword extension).

Examples

In the following example, the user enables XML-formatted system message logging to the console for messages at levels 0 through 4 and XML-formatted system message logging to TTY line connections at the default severity level:

Router(config)# logging console xml 4 
Router(config)# logging monitor xml 

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging monitor

Enables system message logging in standard (plain text) format to all monitor (TTY) connections.

show logging xml

Displays the state of XML-formatted system message logging, followed by the contents of the XML syslog buffer.


logging on

To enable logging of system messages, use the logging on command in global configuration mode. This command sends debug or error messages to a logging process, which logs messages to designated locations asynchronously to the processes that generated the messages. To disable the logging process, use the no form of this command.

logging on

no logging on

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

The Cisco IOS software sends messages to the asynchronous logging process.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The logging process controls the distribution of logging messages to the various destinations, such as the logging buffer, terminal lines, or syslog server. System logging messages are also known as system error messages. You can turn logging on and off for these destinations individually using the logging buffered, logging monitor, and logging global configuration commands. However, if the logging on command is disabled, no messages will be sent to these destinations. Only the console will receive messages.

Additionally, the logging process logs messages to the console and the various destinations after the processes that generated them have completed. When the logging process is disabled, messages are displayed on the console as soon as they are produced, often appearing in the middle of command output.


Caution Disabling the logging on command may substantially slow down the router. Any process generating debug or error messages will wait until the messages have been displayed on the console before continuing.

The logging synchronous line configuration command also affects the displaying of messages to the console. When the logging synchronous command is enabled, messages will appear only after the user types a carriage return.

Examples

The following example shows command output and message output when logging is enabled. The ping process finishes before any of the logging information is printed to the console (or any other destination).

Router(config)# logging on
Router(config)# end
Router#
%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console 
Router# ping dirt

Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.1.129, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 4/5/8 ms
Router#
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1

In the following example, logging is disabled. The message output is displayed as messages are generated, causing the debug messages to be interspersed with the message "Type escape sequence to abort."

Router(config)# no logging on
Router(config)# end

%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Router#
Router# ping dirt

IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sendingTyp
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1e
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sending esc
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sendingape 
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sendingse
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1
IP: s=172.21.96.41 (local), d=172.16.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), len 100, sendingquen
IP: s=171.69.1.129 (Ethernet1/0), d=172.21.96.41, len 114, rcvd 1ce to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.1.129, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 152/152/156 ms
Router#

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging host

Logs messages to a syslog server host.

logging buffered

Logs messages to an internal buffer.

logging console

Logs messages to console connections.

logging monitor

Limits messages logged to the terminal lines (monitors) based on severity.

logging synchronous

Synchronizes unsolicited messages and debug output with solicited Cisco IOS software output and prompts for a specific console port line, auxiliary port line, or vty.


logging rate-limit

To limit the rate of messages logged per second, use the logging rate-limit command in global configuration mode. To disable the limit, use the no form of this command.

logging rate-limit {number | all | console} [except severity]

no logging rate-limit

Syntax Description

number

Specifies rate of messages logged per second. The valid values are from 1 to 10000.

all

Sets the rate limit to all messages including the debug messages.

console

Sets the rate limit only to console messages.

except

(Optional) Excludes messages of this severity or higher.

severity

(Optional) Sets the logging severity level. The valid levels are from 0 to 7.


Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.1(3)T

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The logging rate-limit command controls the output of messages from the system. Use this command if you want to avoid a flood of output messages. You can select the severity of the output messages and output rate by using the logging rate-limit command. You can use the logging rate-limit command anytime; it will not negatively impact the performance of your system and may improve the system performance by specifying the severities and rates of output messages.

You can use this command with or without the logging synchronous line configuration command. For example, if you want to see all severity 0, 1, and 2 messages, use the no logging synchronous command and specify logging rate-limit 10 except 2. By using the two commands together, you cause all messages of 0, 1, and 2 severity to print and limit the less severe ones (higher than 2) to only 10 per second.

Table 60 compares the error message logging numeric severity level with its equivalent word description.

Table 60 Error Message Logging Severity Level and Equivalent Word Descriptions

Numeric Severity Level
Equivalent Word
Description

0

emergencies

System unusable

1

alerts

Immediate action needed

2

critical

Critical conditions

3

errors

Error conditions

4

warnings

Warning conditions

5

notifications

Normal but significant condition

6

informational

Informational messages only

7

debugging

Debugging messages


For additional details about error message logging, see the "Troubleshooting the Router" chapter in the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 .

Examples

In the following example, the logging rate-limit configuration mode command limits message output to 200 per second:

Router(config)# logging rate-limit 200

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging synchronous

Synchronizes unsolicited messages and debug output with solicited Cisco IOS software output and prompts for a specific console port line, auxiliary port line, or vty.


logging source-interface

To specify the source IP address of syslog packets, use the logging source-interface command in global configuration mode. To remove the source designation, use the no form of this command.

logging source-interface interface-type interface-number

no logging source-interface

Syntax Description

interface-type

Interface type.

interface-number

Interface number.


Defaults

No interface is specified.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Normally, a syslog message contains the IP address of the interface it uses to leave the router. The logging source-interface command specifies that syslog packets contain the IP address of a particular interface, regardless of which interface the packet uses to exit the router.

Examples

In the following example, the user specifies that the IP address for Ethernet interface 0 is the source IP address for all syslog messages:

logging source-interface ethernet 0

The following example specifies that the IP address for Ethernet interface 2/1 on a Cisco 7000 series router is the source IP address for all syslog messages:

logging source-interface ethernet 2/1

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging

Logs messages to a syslog server host.


logging synchronous

To synchronize unsolicited messages and debug output with solicited Cisco IOS software output and prompts for a specific console port line, auxiliary port line, or vty, use the logging synchronous command in line configuration mode. To disable synchronization of unsolicited messages and debug output, use the no form of this command.

logging synchronous [level severity-level | all] [limit number-of-buffers]

no logging synchronous [level severity-level | all] [limit number-of-buffers]

Syntax Description

level severity-level

(Optional) Specifies the message severity level. Messages with a severity level equal to or higher than this value are printed asynchronously. Low numbers indicate greater severity and high numbers indicate lesser severity. The default value is 2.

all

(Optional) Specifies that all messages are printed asynchronously, regardless of the severity level.

limit number-of-buffers

(Optional) Specifies the number of buffers to be queued for the terminal after which new messages are dropped. The default value is 20.


Defaults

This feature is turned off by default.

If you do not specify a severity level, the default value of 2 is assumed.

If you do not specify the maximum number of buffers to be queued, the default value of 20 is assumed.

Command Modes

Line configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

When synchronous logging of unsolicited messages and debug output is turned on, unsolicited Cisco IOS software output is displayed on the console or printed after solicited Cisco IOS software output is displayed or printed. Unsolicited messages and debug output is displayed on the console after the prompt for user input is returned. To keep unsolicited messages and debug output from being interspersed with solicited software output and prompts. After the unsolicited messages are displayed, the console displays the user prompt again.

When specifying a severity level number, consider that for the logging system, low numbers indicate greater severity and high numbers indicate lesser severity.

When a message queue limit of a terminal line is reached, new messages are dropped from the line, although these messages might be displayed on other lines. If messages are dropped, the notice "%SYS-3-MSGLOST number-of-messages due to overflow" follows any messages that are displayed. This notice is displayed only on the terminal that lost the messages. It is not sent to any other lines, any logging servers, or the logging buffer.


Caution By configuring abnormally large message queue limits and setting the terminal to "terminal monitor" on a terminal that is accessible to intruders, you expose yourself to "denial of service" attacks. An intruder could carry out the attack by putting the terminal in synchronous output mode, making a Telnet connection to a remote host, and leaving the connection idle. This could cause large numbers of messages to be generated and queued, and these messages would unlikely consume all available RAM. You should guard against this type of attack through proper configuration.

Examples

In the following example, line 4 is identified and synchronous logging for line 4 is enabled with a severity level of 6. Then another line, line 2, is identified and the synchronous logging for line 2 is enabled with a severity level of 7 and is specified with a maximum number of buffers to be 70,000.

line 4
logging synchronous level 6
line 2
logging synchronous level 7 limit 70000

Related Commands

Command
Description

line

Identifies a specific line for configuration and starts the line configuration command collection mode.

logging on

Controls logging of error messages and sends debug or error messages to a logging process, which logs messages to designated locations asynchronously to the processes that generated the messages.


logging trap

To limit messages logged to the syslog servers based on severity, use the logging trap command in global configuration mode. The command limits the logging of error messages sent to syslog servers to only those messages at the specified level. To disable logging to syslog servers, use the no form of this command.

logging trap level

no logging trap

Syntax Description

level

Limits the logging of messages to the syslog servers to a specified level. You can enter the level number or level name. See the Usage Guidelines section for a list of acceptable level keywords.


Defaults

informational (level 6)

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The show logging EXEC command displays the addresses and levels associated with the current logging setup. The command output also includes ancillary statistics.

Table 1 lists the syslog definitions that correspond to the debugging message levels. Additionally, four categories of messages are generated by the software, as follows:

Error messages about software or hardware malfunctions at the LOG_ERR level.

Output for the debug commands at the LOG_WARNING level.

Interface up/down transitions and system restarts at the LOG_NOTICE level.

Reload requests and low process stacks at the LOG_INFO level.

Use the logging and logging trap commands to send messages to a UNIX syslog server.

Table 61 logging trap Error Message Logging Priorities 

Level Arguments
Level
Description
Syslog Definition

emergencies

0

System unusable

LOG_EMERG

alerts

1

Immediate action needed

LOG_ALERT

critical

2

Critical conditions

LOG_CRIT

errors

3

Error conditions

LOG_ERR

warnings

4

Warning conditions

LOG_WARNING

notifications

5

Normal but significant condition

LOG_NOTICE

informational

6

Informational messages only

LOG_INFO

debugging

7

Debugging messages

LOG_DEBUG


Examples

In the following example, the messages to a host named john is logged:

logging john 
logging trap notifications

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging

Logs messages to a syslog server host.


ping

To diagnose basic network connectivity on AppleTalk, ATM, Connectionless Network Service (CLNS), DECnet, IP, Novell IPX, or source-route bridging (SRB) networks, use the ping command in user EXEC mode or privileged EXEC mode.

ping [[protocol | tag | vrf] {host-name | system-address}]

Syntax Description

protocol

(Optional) Protocol keyword, one of appletalk, atm, clns, decnet, ipx, or srb.

Note The ping atm interface atm, ping ip, ping ipv6, and ping sna commands are documented separately.

tag

(Optional) Specifies a tag encapsulated IP (tag IP) ping.

vrf

(Optional) Specifies a ping over an MPLS VPN network.

host-name

Host name of the system to ping. If a host-name or system-address is not specified at the command line, it will be required in the ping system dialog.

system-address

Address of the system to ping. If a host-name or system-address is not specified at the command line, it will be required in the ping system dialog.


Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.

12.0(7)T

The ping sna command was introduced.

12.1(12c)E

The vrf keyword was added.

12.2(2)T

Support for the IPv6 protocol was added.

12.2(13)T

The atm protocol keyword was added.

The following keywords were removed because the Apollo Domain, Banyan VINES, and XNS protocols are no longer supported in Cisco IOS software:

apollo

vines

xns


Usage Guidelines

The ping command sends an echo request packet to an address, and then awaits a reply. Ping output can help you evaluate path-to-host reliability, delays over the path, and whether the host can be reached or is functioning. For example, the ping clns command sends International Organization for Standardization (ISO) CLNS echo packets to test the reachability of a remote router over a connectionless Open System Interconnection (OSI) network.

If you enter the ping command without any other syntax (ping<cr>), the CLI will display a system dialog that prompts you for the additional syntax appropriate to the protocol you specify (See the "Examples" section).

To abnormally terminate a ping session, type the escape sequence—by default, Ctrl-^ 6X. You type the default by simultaneously pressing and releasing the Ctrl, Shift, and 6 keys and then pressing the X key.

Table 62 describes the test characters sent by the ping facility.

Table 62 ping Test Characters

Character
Description

!

Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.

.

Each period indicates that the network server timed out while waiting for a reply.

U

A destination unreachable error protocol data unit (PDU) was received.

C

A congestion experienced packet was received.

I

User interrupted test.

?

Unknown packet type.

&

Packet lifetime exceeded.



Note Not all protocols require hosts to support pings. For some protocols, the pings are Cisco-defined and can be answered only by another Cisco router.


The availability of protocol keywords depends on what protocols are enabled on your system.

Issuing the ping command in User EXEC mode will generally offer fewer syntax options than issuing the ping command in Privileged EXEC mode.

Examples

After you enter the ping command in privileged EXEC mode, the system prompts for one of the following keywords: atm, clns, decnet, ip, ipv6, ipx, or srb. The default protocol is IP.

If you enter a host name or address on the same line as the ping command, the default action is taken as appropriate for the protocol type of that name or address.

The following example is sample dialog from the ping command using default values. The specific dialog varies somewhat from protocol to protocol.

Router# ping

Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 192.168.7.27

Repeat count [5]:
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands [n]:
Sweep range of sizes [n]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms 

Table 63 describes the relevant fields shown in the display.

Table 63 ping Field Descriptions for IP 

Field
Description

Protocol [ip]:

Prompts for a supported protocol. Enter atm, clns, decnet, ip, ipv6, ipx, or srb. Default: ip.

Target IP address:

Prompts for the IP address or host name of the destination node you plan to ping. If you have specified a supported protocol other than IP, enter an appropriate address for that protocol here. Default: none.

Repeat count [5]:

Number of ping packets that will be sent to the destination address. Default: 5.

Datagram size [100]:

Size of the ping packet (in bytes). Default: 100 bytes.

Timeout in seconds [2]:

Timeout interval. Default: 2 (seconds).

Extended commands [n]:

Specifies whether a series of additional commands appears.

Sweep range of sizes [n]:

Allows you to vary the sizes of the echo packets being sent. This capability is useful for determining the minimum sizes of the MTUs1 configured on the nodes along the path to the destination address. Packet fragmentation contributing to performance problems can then be reduced.

!!!!!

Each exclamation point (!) indicates receipt of a reply. A period (.) indicates that the network server timed out while waiting for a reply. Other characters may appear in the ping output display, depending on the protocol type.

Success rate is 100 percent

Percentage of packets successfully echoed back to the router. Anything less than 80 percent is usually considered problematic.

round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

Round-trip travel time intervals for the protocol echo packets, including minimum/average/maximum (in milliseconds).

1 MTU = maximum transmission unit


The following example verifies connectivity to the neighboring ATM device for the ATM PVC with the virtual path identifier (VPI)/virtual channel identifier (VCI) value 0/16:

Router# ping 

Protocol [ip]:atm 
ATM Interface:atm1/0 
VPI value [0]:
VCI value [1]:16 
Loopback - End(0), Segment(1) [0]:1 
Repeat Count [5]:
Timeout [2]:
Type escape sequence to abort. 
Sending 5, 53-byte segment OAM echoes, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!! 
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms

Table 64 describes the default ping fields shown in the display.

Table 64 ping Field Descriptions for ATM 

Field
Description

Protocol [ip]:

Prompt for a supported protocol. Enter appletalk, atm, clns, ip, novell, apollo, vines, decnet, or xns. Default: ip.

ATM Interface:

Prompt for the ATM interface.

VPI value [0]:

Prompt for the virtual path identifier. Default: 0.

VCI value [1]:

Prompt for the virtual channel identifier. Default:1.

Loopback - End(0), Segment(1) [0]:

Prompt to specify end loopback, which verifies end-to-end PVC integrity, or segment loopback, which verifies PVC integrity to the neighboring ATM device. Default: segment loopback.

Repeat Count [5]:

Number of ping packets that will be sent to the destination address. Default: 5.

Timeout [2]:

Timeout interval. Default: 2 (seconds).

!!!!!

Each exclamation point (!) indicates receipt of a reply. A period (.) indicates that the network server timed out while waiting for a reply. Other characters may appear in the ping output display, depending on the protocol type.

Success rate is 100 percent

Percentage of packets successfully echoed back to the router. Anything less than 80 percent is usually considered problematic.

round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms

Round-trip travel time intervals for the protocol echo packets, including minimum/average/maximum (in milliseconds).


Related Commands

Command
Description

ping atm interface atm

Tests the connectivity of a specific PVC.

ping ip

Tests network connectivity on IP networks.

ping ipv6

Tests the connection to a remote host on the network using IPv6.

ping sna

Tests network integrity and timing characteristics over an SNA Switching network.


ping ip

To test network connectivity on IP networks, use the ping ip command in privileged EXEC mode.

ping ip {host-name | system-address} [data [hex-data-pattern] | df-bit | repeat [repeat-count] | size [datagram-size] [source {source-address | source-interface} ] [timeout seconds] [validate]

Syntax Description

host-name

Host name of the system to ping.

system-address

Address of the system to ping.

data hex-data-pattern

(Optional) Specifies the data pattern. Range is from 0 to FFFF.

df-bit

(Optional) Enables the "do-not-fragment" bit in the IP header.

repeat repeat-count

(Optional) Specifies the number of pings sent. The range is from 1 to 2147483647. The default is 5.

size

(Optional) Specifies the datagram size. Datagram size is the number of bytes in each ping.

datagram-size

(Optional) Range is from 40 to 18024.

source

(Optional) Specifies the source address or source interface.

source-address

(Optional) IP address to use as the source in the ping packets.

source-interface

(Optional) Name of the interface from which the ping should be sent, and the Interface ID (slot/port/number). Interface name keywords include the following:

async (Asynchronous Interface)

bvi (Bridge-Group Virtual Interface)

ctunnel

dialer

ethernet

fastEthernet

lex

loopback

multilink (Multilink-group interface)

null

port-channel (Ethernet channel of interfaces)

tunnel

vif (PGM Multicast Host interface)

virtual-template

virtual-tokenring

xtagatm (Extended Tag ATM interface)

The availability of these keywords depends on your system hardware.

timeout seconds

(Optional) Specifies the timeout interval in seconds. The default is 2 seconds. Range is from 0 to 3600.

validate

(Optional) Validates the reply data.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.

12.0

The data, df-bit, repeat, size, source, timeout, and validate keywords were added.


Usage Guidelines

The ping command sends an echo request packet to an address, then awaits a reply. Ping output can help you evaluate path-to-host reliability, delays over the path, and whether the host can be reached or is functioning.

To abnormally terminate a ping session, type the escape sequence—by default, Ctrl-^ X. You type the default by simultaneously pressing and releasing the Ctrl, Shift, and 6 keys, and then pressing the X key.

Table 65 describes the test characters that the ping facility sends.

Table 65 ping Test Characters 

Character
Description

!

Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.

.

Each period indicates that the network server timed out while waiting for a reply.

U

A destination unreachable error protocol data unit (PDU) was received.

C

A congestion experienced packet was received.

I

User interrupted test.

?

Unknown packet type.

&

Packet lifetime exceeded.



Note Not all protocols require hosts to support pings. For some protocols, the pings are Cisco-defined and are only answered by another Cisco router.


Examples

After you enter the ping command in privileged mode, the system prompts for one of the following keywords: apollo, appletalk, clns, decnet, ip, novell, vines, or xns. The default protocol is IP.

If you enter a host name or address on the same line as the ping command, the default action is taken as appropriate for the protocol type of that name or address.

The optional data, df-bit, repeat, size, source, timeout, and validate keywords can be used to avoid extended ping command output. You can use as many of these keywords as you need, and you can use them in any order after the host-name or system-address arguments.

Although the precise dialog varies somewhat from protocol to protocol, all are similar to the ping session using default values shown in the following output:

Router# ping

Protocol [ip]:
Target IP address: 192.168.7.27
Repeat count [5]:
Datagram size [100]:
Timeout in seconds [2]:
Extended commands [n]:
Sweep range of sizes [n]:
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

Table 66 describes the default ping fields shown in the display.

Table 66 ping Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Protocol [ip]:

Prompts for a supported protocol. Enter appletalk, clns, ip, novell, apollo, vines, decnet, or xns. The default is IP.

Target IP address:

Prompts for the IP address or host name of the destination node you plan to ping. If you have specified a supported protocol other than IP, enter an appropriate address for that protocol here. The default is none.

Repeat count [5]:

Prompts for the number of ping packets that will be sent to the destination address. The default is 5 packets.

Datagram size [100]:

Prompts for the size of the ping packet (in bytes). The default is 100 bytes.

Timeout in seconds [2]:

Prompts for the timeout interval. The default is 2 seconds.

Extended commands [n]:

Specifies whether a series of additional commands appears.

Sweep range of sizes [n]:

Allows you to vary the sizes of the echo packets being sent. This capability is useful for determining the minimum sizes of the MTUs configured on the nodes along the path to the destination address. Packet fragmentation contributing to performance problems can then be reduced.

!!!!!

Each exclamation point (!) indicates receipt of a reply. A period (.) indicates that the network server timed out while waiting for a reply. Other characters may appear in the ping output display, depending on the protocol type.

Success rate is 100 percent

Indicates the percentage of packets successfully echoed back to the router. Anything less than 80 percent is usually considered problematic.

round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/4 ms

Indicates the round-trip travel time intervals for the protocol echo packets, including minimum/average/maximum (in milliseconds).


Related Commands

Command
Description

ping ipv6

Tests the connection to a remote host on the network using IPv6.


service sequence-numbers

To enable visible sequence numbering of system logging messages, use the service sequence-numbers command in global configuration mode. To disable visible sequence numbering of logging messages, use the no form of this command.

service sequence-numbers

no service sequence-numbers

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Disabled.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

12.0

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Each system status messages logged in the system logging process have a sequence reference number applied. This command makes that number visible by displaying it with the message. The sequence number is displayed as the first part of the system status message. See the description of the logging commands for information on displaying logging messages.

Examples

In the following example logging message sequence numbers are enabled:

.Mar 22 15:28:02 PST: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Router# config terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# service sequence-numbers 
Router(config)# end 
Router#
000066: .Mar 22 15:35:57 PST: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console

Related Commands

Command
Description

logging on

Enables system logging globally.

service timestamps

Enables time-stamping of system logging messages or debugging messages.


service slave-log

To allow slave Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) cards to log important error messages to the console, use the service slave-log command in global configuration mode. To disable slave logging, use the no form of this command.

service slave-log

no service slave-log

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

This command is enabled by default.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

11.1

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

This command allows slave slots to log error messages of level 2 or higher (critical, alerts, and emergencies).

Examples

In the following example, important messages from the slave cards to the console are logged:

service slave-log

In the following example sample output is illustrated when this command is enabled:

%IPC-5-SLAVELOG: VIP-SLOT2:
 IPC-2-NOMEM: No memory available for IPC system initialization

The first line indicates which slot sent the message. The second line contains the error message.

service tcp-keepalives-in

To generate keepalive packets on idle incoming network connections (initiated by the remote host), use the service tcp-keepalives-in command in global configuration mode. To disable the keepalives, use the no form of this command.

service tcp-keepalives-in

no service tcp-keepalives-in

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Examples

In the following example, keepalives on incoming TCP connections are generated:

service tcp-keepalives-in

Related Commands

Command
Description

service tcp-keepalives-out

Generates keepalive packets on idle outgoing network connections (initiated by a user).


service tcp-keepalives-out

To generate keepalive packets on idle outgoing network connections (initiated by a user), use the service tcp-keepalives-out command in global configuration mode. To disable the keepalives, use the no form of this command.

service tcp-keepalives-out

no service tcp-keepalives-out

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.


Examples

In the following example, keepalives on outgoing TCP connections are generated:

service tcp-keepalives-out

Related Commands

Command
Description

service tcp-keepalives-in

Generates keepalive packets on idle incoming network connections (initiated by the remote host).


service timestamps

To configure the system to time-stamp debugging or system logging messages, use one of the service timestamps commands in global configuration mode. To disable this service, use the no form of this command.

service timestamps {debug | log} uptime

service timestamps {debug | log} datetime [msec] [localtime] [show-timezone] [year]

no service timestamps [debug | log]

Syntax Description

debug

Indicates that the timestamp should be applied to debugging messages.

log

Indicates that the timestamp should be applied to system logging messages.

uptime

Time stamp with the time since the system was rebooted. The time stamp format for uptime is HHHH:MM:SS.

datetime

Time stamp with the date and time. The time stamp format for datetime is MMM DD HH:MM:SS.

msec

(Optional) Include milliseconds in the time stamp.

localtime

(Optional) Time stamp relative to the local time zone.

year

Include the year in the datetime format.

show-timezone

(Optional) Include the time zone name in the time stamp.


Defaults

No time-stamping.

If the service timestamps command is specified with no arguments or keywords, the default is service timestamps debug uptime.

The default for the service timestamps type datetime command is to format the time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), with no milliseconds and no time zone name.

The no service timestamps command by itself disables time stamps for both debug and log messages.

To set the local timezone, use the clock timezone zone hours-offset command in global configuration mode.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.

12.2(15)T

The year keyword was added.


Usage Guidelines

Time stamps can be added to either debugging or logging messages independently. The uptime form of the command adds time stamps in the format HHHH:MM:SS, indicating the time since the system was rebooted. The datetime form of the command adds time stamps in the format MMM DD HH:MM:SS, indicating the date and time according to the system clock.

The timestamp will be preceded by an asterisk or period if the time is potentially inaccurate. Table 67 describes the symbols that proceed the timestamp.

Table 67 Timestamping Symbols for syslog Messages

Symbol
Description
Example

(blank)

Time is authoritative: the software clock is in sync or has just been set manually

15:29:03.158 UTC Tue Feb 25 2003:

*

Time is not authoritative: the software clock has not been set, or is not in sync with configured Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers.

*15:29:03.158 UTC Tue Feb 25 2003:

.

Time is authoritative, but the Network Time Protocol (NTP) is not synchronized: the software clock was in sync, but has since lost contact with all configured NTP servers.

.15:29:03.158 UTC Tue Feb 25 2003:


Examples

In the following example, the user enables time stamps on debugging messages, showing the time since reboot:

service timestamps debug uptime

In the following example, the user enables time stamps on logging messages, showing the current time and date relative to the local time zone, with the time zone name included:

Router(config)#
! The following line shows timestamp with uptime.
1w0d: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Router(config)# service timestamps log datetime localtime show-timezone 
Router(config)# end
Router#
! The following line shows timestamp with datetime.
.Mar 22 23:13:25 UTC: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console

The following example shows the change from UTC to local time:

Router#
.Mar 22 23:23:10 UTC: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
Router# config terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# clock timezone PST -8 
Router(config)# end 
Router#
.Mar 22 15:28:02 PST: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console

Related Commands

Command
Description

clock set

Manually sets the system clock.

ntp

Controls access to the system's NTP services.

service sequence-numbers

Stamps system logging messages with a sequence number.


show c2600 (2600)

To display information for troubleshooting the Cisco 2600 series router, use the show c2600 command in EXEC mode.

show c2600

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.3 XA

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

The show c2600 command provides complex troubleshooting information that pertains to the platform's shared references rather than to a specific interface.

Examples

In the following example, sample output is shown for the show c2600 EXEC command. See Table 68 for a description of the output display fields.

router# show c2600

C2600 Platform Information:
Interrupts:
 Assigned Handlers...
  Vect  Handler   # of Ints   Name
    00  801F224C   00000000   Xilinx bridge error interrupt
    01  801DE768   0D3EE155   MPC860 TIMER INTERRUPT
    02  801E94E0   0000119E   16552 Con/Aux Interrupt
    04  801F0D94   00000000   PA Network Management Int Handler
    05  801E6C34   00000000   Timebase Reference Interrupt
    06  801F0DE4   00002C1A   PA Network IO Int Handler
    07  801F0EA0   0000015D   MPC860 CPM INTERRUPT
    14  801F224C   00000000   Xilinx bridge error interrupt
 IOS Priority Masks...
  Level 00 = [ EF020000 ]
  Level 01 = [ EC020000 ]
  Level 02 = [ E8020000 ]
  Level 03 = [ E0020000 ]
  Level 04 = [ E0020000 ]
  Level 05 = [ E0020000 ]
  Level 06 = [ C0020000 ]
  Level 07 = [ 00000000 ]
 SIU_IRQ_MASK  = FFFFFFFF  SIEN   = EF02xxxx   Current Level = 00
 Spurious IRQs = 00000000  SIPEND = 0000xxxx
 Interrupt Throttling:
  Throttle Count = 00000000   Timer Count      = 00000000
  Netint usec    = 00000000   Netint Mask usec = 000003E8
  Active         =        0   Configured       =        0
  Longest IRQ    = 00000000
IDMA Status:
 Requests = 00000349      Drops                = 00000000
 Complete = 00000349      Post Coalesce Frames = 00000349
 Giant    = 00000000
 Available Blocks = 256/256
ISP Status:
 Version string burned in chip: "A986122997"
 New version after next program operation: "B018020998"
 ISP family type: "2096"
 ISP chip ID: 0x0013
 Device is  programmable
 

Table 68 show c2600 Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Interrupts

Denotes that the next section describes the status of the interrupt services.

Assigned Handlers

Denotes a subsection of the Interrupt section that displays data about the interrupt handlers.

Vect

The processor vector number.

Handler

The execution address of the handler assigned to this vector.

# of Ints

The number of times this handler has been called.

Name

The name of the handler assigned to this vector.

IOS Priority Masks

Denotes the subsection of the Interrupt section that displays internal Cisco IOS priorities. Each item in this subsection indicates a Cisco IOS interrupt level and the bit mask used to mask out interrupt sources when that Cisco IOS level is being processed. Used exclusively for debugging.

SIU_IRQ_MASK

For engineering level debug only.

Spurious IRQs

For engineering level debug only.

Interrupt Throttling:

This subsection describes the behavior of the Interrupt Throttling mechanism on the platform.

Throttle Count

Number of times throttle has become active.

Timer Count

Number of times throttle has deactivated because the maximum masked out time for network interrupt level has been reached.

Netint usec

Maximum time network level is allowed to run (in microseconds).

Netint Mask usec

Maximum time network level interrupt is masked out to allow process level code to run (in microseconds).

Active

Indicates that the network level interrupt is masked or that the router is in interrupt throttle state.

Configured

Indicates that throttling is enabled or configured when set to 1.

Longest IRQ

Duration of longest network level interrupt (in microseconds).

IDMA Status

Monitors the activity of the Internal Direct Memory Access (IDMA) hardware and software. Used to coalesce packets (turn particalized packets into non particalized packets) for transfer to the process level switching mechanism.

Requests

Number of times the IDMA engine is asked to coalesce a packet.

Drops

Number of times the coalescing operation was aborted.

Complete

Number of times the operation was successful.

Post Coalesce Frames

Number of Frames completed post coalesce processing.

Giant

Number of packets too large to coalesce.

Available Blocks

Indicates the status of the request queue, in the format N/M where N is the number of empty slots in queue and M is the total number of slots; for example, 2/256 indicates that the queue has 256 entries and can accept two more requests before it is full.

ISP Status

Provides status of In-System-Programmable (ISP) hardware.

Version string burned in chip

Current version of ISP hardware.

New version after next program operation

Version of ISP hardware after next ISP programming operation.

ISP family type

Device family number of ISP hardware.

ISP chip ID

Internal ID of ISP hardware as designated by the chip manufacturer.

Device is programmable

"Yes" or "No." Indicates if an ISP operation is possible on this board.


Related Commands

Command
Description

show context

Displays information stored in NVRAM when the router crashes.


show c7200 (7200)

To display information about the CPU and midplane for Cisco 7200 series routers, use the show c7200 command in EXEC mode.

show c7200

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

You can use the output of this command to determine whether the hardware version level and upgrade is current. The information is generally useful for diagnostic tasks performed by technical support only.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show c7200 command:

Router# show c7200

C7200 Network IO Interrupt Throttling:
 throttle count=0, timer count=0
 active=0, configured=0
 netint usec=3999, netint mask usec=200
C7200 Midplane EEPROM:
        Hardware revision 1.2           Board revision A0
        Serial number     2863311530    Part number    170-43690-170
        Test history      0xAA          RMA number     170-170-170
        MAC=0060.3e28.ee00, MAC Size=1024
        EEPROM format version 1, Model=0x6
        EEPROM contents (hex):
          0x20: 01 06 01 02 AA AA AA AA AA AA AA AA 00 60 3E 28
          0x30: EE 00 04 00 AA AA AA AA AA AA AA 50 AA AA AA AA
C7200 CPU EEPROM:
        Hardware revision 2.0           Board revision A0
        Serial number     3509953       Part number     73-1536-02
        Test history      0x0           RMA number      00-00-00
        EEPROM format version 1
        EEPROM contents (hex):
          0x20: 01 15 02 00 00 35 8E C1 49 06 00 02 00 00 00 00
          0x30: 50 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

show cls

To display the current status of all Cisco link services (CLS) sessions on the router, use the show cls command in EXEC mode.

show cls [brief]

Syntax Description

brief

(Optional) Displays a brief version of the output.


Defaults

Without the brief argument, displays complete output.

Command Modes

EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.0

This command was introduced in a release prior to Cisco IOS Release11.0.


Usage Guidelines

The Cisco link service (CLS) is used as the interface between data link users (DLUs), such as DLSw, LAN Network Manager (LNM), downstream physical unit (DSPU), and SNASw, and their corresponding data link circuits (DLCs) such as Logic Link Control (LLC), VDLC, and Qualified Logic Link Control (QLLC). Each DLU registers a particular service access point (SAP) with CLS, and establishes circuits through CLS over the DLC.

The show cls command displays the SAP values associated with the DLU and the circuits established through CLS.

For further information about CLS, use the Release 12.2 Cisco IOS Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show cls command:

IBD-4500B# show cls

DLU user:SNASW 
   SSap:0x04  VDLC VDLC650 
    DTE:1234.4000.0001 1234.4000.0002 04 04 
    T1 timer:0   T2 timer:0  Inact timer:0 
    max out:0    max in:0    retry count:10 
    XID retry:10 XID timer:5000  I-Frame:0 
    flow:0       DataIndQ:0   DataReqQ:0 
DLU user:DLSWDLUPEER 
DLU user:DLSWDLU 
   Bridging  VDLC VDLC1000 
   Bridging  VDLC VDLC650

The following is sample output from the show cls brief command:

IBD-4500B# show cls brief

DLU user:SNASW 
   SSap:0x04  VDLC VDLC650 
    DTE:1234.4000.0001 1234.4000.0002 04 04 
DLU user:DLSWDLUPEER 
DLU user:DLSWDLU 
   Bridging  VDLC VDLC1000 

Bridging VDLC VDLC650

The examples show two DLUs—SNASw and DLSw—active in the router. SNASw uses a SAP value of 0x04, and the associated DLC port is VDLC650. SNASw has a circuit established between MAC addresses 1234.4000.0001 and 1234.4000.0002 using source and destination SAPs 04 and 04. DLSw is a bridging protocol and uses VDLC1000 and VDLC650 ports. There are no circuits in place at this time.

In the output from the show cls command (without the brief argument), the values of timers and counters applicable to this circuit are displayed.

Related Commands

Command
Description

stun peer-name

Enables STUN for an IP address and uses Cisco Link Services (CLS) to access the Frame Relay network.


show context

To display information stored in NVRAM when an unexpected system reload (system exception) occurs, use the show context command in EXEC mode.

show context [summary | all | slot slot-number [crash-index] [all] [debug]]

Syntax Description

summary

Displays a summary of all the crashes recorded.

all

Displays all crashes for all the slots. When optionally used with the slot keyword, displays crash information for the specified slot.

slot slot-number [crash-index]

Displays information for a particular line card. Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 router and from 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008. The index number allows you to look at previous crash contexts. Contexts from the last 24 line card crashes are saved on the GRP card. If the GRP reloads, the last 24 line card crash contexts are lost. For example, show context slot 3 2 shows the second most recent crash for line card in slot 3. Index numbers are displayed by the show context summary command.

debug

(Optional) Displays crash information as a hex record dump in addition to one of the options listed.


Command Modes

User EXEC

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

10.3

This command was introduced.

11.2 GS

The slot slot-number [crash-index] [all] [debug] syntax was added for Cisco 12000 series routers.


Usage Guidelines

The display from the show context command includes the following information:

Reason for the system reboot

Stack trace

Software version

The signal number, code, and router uptime information

All the register contents at the time of the crash


Note This command is intended primarily for use by Cisco technical support representatives for analyzing unexpected system reloads.


Output for this command will vary by platform. Context information is specific to processors and architectures. For example, context information for the Cisco 2600 series router differs from that for other router types because the Cisco 2600 runs with an M860 processor.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show context command following a system failure:

Router> show context

System was restarted by error - a Software forced crash, PC 0x60189354
GS Software (RSP-PV-M), Experimental Version 11.1(2033) [ganesh 111]
Compiled Mon 31-Mar-97 13:21 by ganesh
Image text-base: 0x60010900, data-base: 0x6073E000
Stack trace from system failure:
FP: 0x60AEA798, RA: 0x60189354
FP: 0x60AEA798, RA: 0x601853CC
FP: 0x60AEA7C0, RA: 0x6015E98C
FP: 0x60AEA7F8, RA: 0x6011AB3C
FP: 0x60AEA828, RA: 0x601706CC
FP: 0x60AEA878, RA: 0x60116340
FP: 0x60AEA890, RA: 0x6011632C
Fault History Buffer:
GS Software (RSP-PV-M), Experimental Version 11.1(2033) [ganesh 111]
Compiled Mon 31-Mar-97 13:21 by ganesh
Signal = 23, Code = 0x24, Uptime 00:04:19
$0 : 00000000, AT : 60930120, v0 : 00000032, v1 : 00000120
a0 : 60170110, a1 : 6097F22C, a2 : 00000000, a3 : 00000000
t0 : 60AE02A0, t1 : 8000FD80, t2 : 34008F00, t3 : FFFF00FF
t4 : 00000083, t5 : 3E840024, t6 : 00000000, t7 : 11010132
s0 : 00000006, s1 : 607A25F8, s2 : 00000001, s3 : 00000000
s4 : 00000000, s5 : 00000000, s6 : 00000000, s7 : 6097F755
t8 : 600FABBC, t9 : 00000000, k0 : 30408401, k1 : 30410000
gp : 608B9860, sp : 60AEA798, s8 : 00000000, ra : 601853CC
EPC : 60189354, SREG : 3400EF03, Cause : 00000024
Router>

The following is sample output from the show context summary command on a Cisco 12012 router. The show context summary command displays a summary of all the crashes recorded for each slot (line card).

Router# show context summary

CRASH INFO SUMMARY
  Slot 0 : 0 crashes
  Slot 1 : 0 crashes
  Slot 2 : 0 crashes
  Slot 3 : 0 crashes
  Slot 4 : 0 crashes
  Slot 5 : 0 crashes
  Slot 6 : 0 crashes
  Slot 7 : 2 crashes
    1 - crash at 18:06:41 UTC Tue Nov 5 1996
    2 - crash at 12:14:55 UTC Mon Nov 4 1996
  Slot 8 : 0 crashes
  Slot 9 : 0 crashes
  Slot 10: 0 crashes
  Slot 11: 0 crashes
Router#

The following is sample output from the show context command following an unexpected system reload on a Cisco 2600 series router. See Table 69 for a description of the fields in this output.

router# show context

S/W Version: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) c2600 Software (c2600-JS-M), Released Version 11.3(19980115:184921]
Copyright (c) 1986-1998 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 15-Jan-98 13:49 by mmagno
Exception occurred at: 00:02:26 UTC Mon Mar 1 1993
Exception type: Data TLB Miss (0x1200)
CPU Register Context:
PC  = 0x80109964  MSR = 0x00009030  CR  = 0x55FFFD35  LR    = 0x80109958
CTR = 0x800154E4  XER = 0xC000BB6F  DAR = 0x00000088  DSISR = 0x00000249
DEC = 0x7FFFDFCA  TBU = 0x00000000  TBL = 0x15433FCF  IMMR  = 0x68010020
R0  = 0x80000000  R1  = 0x80E80BD0  R2  = 0x80000000  R3    = 0x00000000
R4  = 0x80E80BC0  R5  = 0x40800000  R6  = 0x00000001  R7    = 0x68010000
R8  = 0x00000000  R9  = 0x00000060  R10 = 0x00001030  R11   = 0xFFFFFFFF
R12 = 0x00007CE6  R13 = 0xFFF379E8  R14 = 0x80D50000  R15   = 0x00000000
R16 = 0x00000000  R17 = 0x00000000  R18 = 0x00000000  R19   = 0x00000000
R20 = 0x00000000  R21 = 0x00000001  R22 = 0x00000010  R23   = 0x00000000
R24 = 0x00000000  R25 = 0x80E91348  R26 = 0x01936010  R27   = 0x80E92A80
R28 = 0x00000001  R29 = 0x019BA920  R30 = 0x00000000  R31   = 0x00000018
Stack trace:
Frame 00: SP = 0x80E80BD0    PC = 0x80109958
Frame 01: SP = 0x80E80C28    PC = 0x8010A720
Frame 02: SP = 0x80E80C40    PC = 0x80271010
Frame 03: SP = 0x80E80C50    PC = 0x8025EE64
Frame 04: SP = 0x80DEE548    PC = 0x8026702C
Frame 05: SP = 0x80DEE558    PC = 0x8026702C

Table 69 show context Field Descriptions

Field
Description

S/W Version

Standard Cisco IOS version string as displayed.

Exception occurred at

Router real time when exception occurred. The router must have the clock time properly configured for this to be accurate.

Exception type

Technical reason for exception. For engineering analysis.

CPU Register Context

Technical processor state information. For engineering analysis.

Stack trace

Technical processor state information. For engineering analysis.



Related Commands

Command
Description

show processes

Displays information about the active processes.

show stacks

Monitors the stack usage of processes and interrupt routines.


show controllers (GRP image)

To display information that is specific to the hardware, use the show controllers command in privileged EXEC mode.

show controllers [atm slot-number | clock | csar [register] | csc-fpga | dp83800 | fab-clk | fia [register] | pos [slot-number] [details] | queues [slot-number] | sca | xbar]

Syntax Description

atm slot-number

(Optional) Displays the ATM controllers. Number is slot-number/ port-number (for example, 4/0). Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 router and from 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008 router.

clock

(Optional) Displays the clock card configuration.

csar [register]

(Optional) Displays the Cisco Cell Segmentation and Reassembly (CSAR) information. CSAR is the name of the chip on the card that handles traffic between the GRP and the switch fabric interface ASICs.

csc-fpga

(Optional) Displays the clock and scheduler card register information in the field programmable gate array (FPGA).

dp83800

(Optional) Displays the Ethernet information on the GRP card.

fab-clk

(Optional) Display the switch fabric clock register information. The switch fabric clock FPGA is a chip that monitors the incoming fabric clock generated by the switch fabric. This clock is needed by each card connecting to the switch fabric to properly communicate with it. Two switch fabric clocks arrive at each card; only one can be used. The FPGA monitors both clocks and selects which one to use if only one of them is running.

fia [register]

(Optional) Displays the fabric interface ASIC information and optionally displays the register information.

pos [slot-number] [details]

(Optional) Displays the POS framer state and optionally displays all the details for the interface. Number is slot-number/port-number (for example, 4/0). Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 router and from 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008 router.

queues [slot-number]

(Optional) Displays the SDRAM buffer carve information and optionally displays the information for a specific line card. The SDRAM buffer carve information displayed is suggested carve information from the GRP card to the line card. Line cards might change the shown percentages based on SDRAM available. Slot numbers range from 0 to 11 for the Cisco 12012 router and from 0 to 7 for the Cisco 12008.

sca

(Optional) Displays the SCA register information. The SCA is an ASIC that arbitrates among the line cards requests to use the switch fabric.

xbar

(Optional) Displays the crossbar register information. The XBAR is an ASIC that switches the data as it passes through the switch fabric.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was added to support the Cisco 12000 series Internet Routers.


Usage Guidelines

This information provided by this command is intended for use only by technical support representatives in analyzing system failures in the field.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show controllers pos command for a Cisco 12012:

Router# show controllers pos 7/0

POS7/0
SECTION
  LOF = 2          LOS = 0                            BIP(B1) = 5889
  Active Alarms: None
LINE
  AIS = 2          RDI = 2          FEBE = 146        BIP(B2) = 2106453
  Active Alarms: None
PATH
  AIS = 2          RDI = 4          FEBE = 63         BIP(B3) = 3216
  LOP = 0          PSE = 8          NSE = 3           NEWPTR = 2
  Active Alarms: None
APS
  COAPS = 3          PSBF = 2
  State: PSBF_state = False
  Rx(K1/K2): F0/15  Tx(K1/K2): 00/00
  S1S0 = 00, C2 = 64
PATH TRACE BUFFER : STABLE
  Remote hostname : GSR-C
  Remote interface: POS10/0
  Remote IP addr  : 10.201.101.2
  Remote Rx(K1/K2): F0/15  Tx(K1/K2): 00/00
Router#

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear controllers

Resets the T1 or E1 controller.

show controllers (line card image)

Displays information that is specific to the hardware on a line card.


show controllers (line card image)

To display information that is specific to the hardware on a line card, use the attach command in privileged EXEC mode to connect to the line card and then use the show controllers command in privileged EXEC mode or the execute-on command in privileged EXEC mode.

show controllers atm [[port-number] [all | sar | summary]]

show controllers fia [register]

show controllers {frfab | tofab} {bma {microcode | ms-inst | register} | qelem start-queue-element [end-queue-element] | qnum start-queue-number [end-queue-number] | queues | statistics}

show controllers io

show controllers l3

show controllers pos {framers | queues | registers | rxsram port-number queue-start-address [queue-length] | txsram port-number queue-start-address [queue-length]}

Syntax Description

atm

Displays the ATM controller information.

port-number

(Optional) Displays request for the physical interface on the ATM card. The range of choices is from 0 to 3.

all

(Optional) Lists all details.

sar

(Optional) Lists SAR interactive command.

summary

(Optional) Lists SAR status summary.

fia

Displays the fabric interface ASIC information.

register

(Optional) Displays the register information.

frfab

(Optional) Displays the "from" (transmit) fabric information.

tofab

(Optional) Displays the "to" (receive) fabric information.

bma

For the frfab or tofab keywords, displays microcode, micro sequencer, or register information for the silicon queuing engine (SQE), also known as the buffer management ASIC (BMA).

microcode

Displays SQE information for the microcode bundled in the line card and currently running version.

mis-inst

Displays SQE information for the micro sequencer instruction.

register

Displays silicon queuing engine (SQE) information for the register.

qelem

For the frfab or tofab keywords, displays the SDRAM buffer pool queue element summary information.

start-queue-element

Specifies the start queue element number from 0 to 65535.

end-queue-element

(Optional) Specifies the end queue element number from 0 to 65535).

qnum

For the frfab or tofab keywords, displays the SDRAM buffer pool queue detail information.

start-queue-number

Specifies the start free queue number (from 0 to 127).

end-queue-number

(Optional) Specifies the end free queue number (from 0 to 127).

queues

For the frfab or tofab keywords, displays the SDRAM buffer pool information.

statistics

For the frfab or tofab keywords, displays the BMA counters.

io

Displays input/output registers.

l3

Displays Layer 3 ASIC information.

pos

Displays packet-over-sonic (POS) information for framer registers, framer queues, and ASIC registers.

framers

Displays the POS framer registers.

queues

Displays the POS framer queue information.

registers

Displays the ASIC registers.

rxsram

Displays the receive queue SRAM.

port-number

Specifies a port number (valid range is from 0 to 3).

queue-start-address

Specifies the queue SRAM logical starting address.

queue-length

(Optional) Specifies the queue SRAM length.

txsram

Displays the transmit queue SRAM.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2 GS

This command was added to support the Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers.


Usage Guidelines

This information displayed by this command is of use only to technical support representatives in analyzing unexpected system failures in the field. It is documented here in case you need to provide the displayed statistics to an technical support engineer.

Examples

Because you are executing this command on the line card, you must use the execute-on command to use the show command, or you must connect to the card using the attach command. All examples in this section use the execute-on command

The following is partial sample output from the show controllers atm command:

Router# execute-on slot 4 show controllers atm 0

TX SAR (Beta 1.0.0) is Operational; 
RX SAR (Beta 1.0.0) is Operational; 
Interface Configuration Mode:
        STS-12c
Active Maker Channels: total # 6
VCID  ChnnlID  Type  OutputInfo    InPkts   InOAMs  MacString
   1   0888    UBR    0C010010          0         0  08882000AAAA030000000800
   2   0988    VBR    04010020          0         0  09882000
   3   8BC8    UBR    0C010030          0         0  8BC82000AAAA030000000800
   4   0E08    UBR    0C010040          0         0  0E082000AAAA030000000800
  10   1288    VBR    040100A0          0         0  12882000
  11   8BE8    VBR    0C0100B0          0         0  8BE82000AAAA030000000800
SAR Total Counters:
total_tx_idle_cells 215267  total_tx_paks 0  total_tx_abort_paks 0
total_rx_paks 0  total_rx_drop_paks 0  total_rx_discard_cells 15
Switching Code Counters:
total_rx_crc_err_paks 0  total_rx_giant_paks 0
total_rx_abort_paks 0  total_rx_crc10_cells 0
total_rx_tmout_paks 0  total_rx_unknown_paks 0
total_rx_out_buf_paks 0  total_rx_unknown_vc_paks 0
BATMAN Asic Register Values:
hi_addr_reg 0x8000, lo_addr_reg 0x000C, boot_msk_addr 0x0780, 
rmcell_msk_addr 0x0724, rmcnt__msk_addr 0x07C2, txbuf_msk_addr 0x070C, 
.
.
.
CM622 SAR Boot Configuration:
txind_q_addr 0x14000 txcmd_q_addr 0x20000
.
.
.
SUNI-622 Framer Register Values:
Master Rst and Ident/Load Meters Reg (#0x0): 0x10 
Master Configuration Reg (#0x1): 0x1F 
Master Interrupt Status Reg (#0x2): 0x00 
PISO Interrupt Reg (#0x3): 0x04 
Master Auto Alarm Reg (#0x4): 0x03 
Master Auto Alarm Reg (#0x5): 0x07 
Parallel Output Port Reg (#0x6): 0x02 
.
.
.
BERM Line BIP Threshold LSB Reg (#0x74): 0x00 
BERM Line BIP Threshold MSB Reg (#0x75): 0x00 
Router#

The following is partial sample output from the show controllers command:

Router# execute-on slot 6 show controllers

Interface POS0
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   60311B40
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000400
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC32 enabled, HDLC enc, int clock
no loop

Interface POS1
Hardware is BFLC POS
lcpos_instance struct   603142E0
RX POS ASIC addr space  12000000
TX POS ASIC addr space  12000100
SUNI framer addr space  12000600
SUNI rsop intr status   00
CRC32 enabled, HDLC enc, int clock
no loop 
.
.
.
Router#

The following is partial sample output from the show controllers pos framers command:

Router# execute-on slot 6 show controllers pos framers

Framer 0, addr=0x12000400:
master reset            C0
master config           1F        rrate sts3c trate sts3c fixptr 
master control          00
clock rcv cntrl         D0
RACP control            84
RACP gfc control        0F
TACP control status     04        hcsadd 
RACP intr enable        04
RSOP cntrl intr enable  00
RSOP intr status        00
TPOP path sig lbl (c2)  13
SPTB control            04        tnull 
SPTB status             00

Framer 1, addr=0x12000600:
master reset            C0
master config           1F        rrate sts3c trate sts3c fixptr 
master control          00
clock rcv cntrl         D0
RACP control            84
RACP gfc control        0F
TACP control status     04        hcsadd 
RACP intr enable        04
RSOP cntrl intr enable  00
RSOP intr status        00
TPOP path sig lbl (c2)  13
SPTB control            04        tnull 
SPTB status             00

Framer 2, addr=0x12000800:
master reset            C0
master config           1F        rrate sts3c trate sts3c fixptr 
master control          00
clock rcv cntrl         D0
RACP control            84
RACP gfc control        0F
TACP control status     04        hcsadd 
RACP intr enable        04
RSOP cntrl intr enable  00
RSOP intr status        00
TPOP path sig lbl (c2)  13
SPTB control            04        tnull 
SPTB status             00
.
.
.
Router#

The following is partial sample output from the show controllers fia command:

Router# execute-on slot 7 show controllers fia

========= Line Card (Slot 7) =======

Fabric configuration: Full bandwidth redundant
Master Scheduler: Slot 17

From Fabric FIA Errors
-----------------------
redund fifo parity 0          redund overflow 0          cell drops 0
crc32 lkup parity  0          cell parity     0          crc32      0
          0          1          2          3          4
       --------   --------   --------   --------   --------
los    0          0          0          0          0
crc16  0          0          0          0          0

To Fabric FIA Errors
-----------------------
sca not pres 0          req error     0          uni fifo overflow 0
grant parity 0          multi req     0          uni fifo undrflow 0
cntrl parity 0          uni req       0          crc32 lkup parity 0
multi fifo   0          empty dst req 0          handshake error   0

Related Commands

Command
Description

clear controllers

Resets the T1 or E1 controller.


show controllers logging

To display logging information about a Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) card, use the show controllers logging command in privileged EXEC mode.

show controllers vip slot-number logging

Syntax Description

vip slot-number

VIP slot number.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

This command displays the state of syslog error and event logging, including host addresses, and whether console logging is enabled.

Examples

The following is sample output from the show controllers logging command:

Router# show controllers vip 4 logging

Syslog logging: enabled
     Console logging: disabled
     Monitor logging: level debugging, 266 messages logged.
     Trap logging: level informational, 266 messages logged.
     Logging to 192.180.2.238

Table 70 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 70 show controllers logging Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Syslog logging

When enabled, system logging messages are sent to a UNIX host that acts as a syslog server; that is, it captures and saves the messages.

Console logging

If enabled, states the level; otherwise, this field displays disabled.

Monitor logging

Minimum level of severity required for a log message to be sent to a monitor terminal (not the console).

Trap logging

Minimum level of severity required for a log message to be sent to a syslog server.


Related Commands

Command
Description

show logging

Displays the state of logging (syslog).


show controllers tech-support

To display general information about a Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) card when reporting a problem, use the show controllers tech-support command in privileged EXEC mode.

show controllers vip slot-number tech-support

Syntax Description

vip slot-number

VIP slot number.


Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.2

This command was introduced.


Usage Guidelines

Use this command to help collect general information about a VIP card when you are reporting a problem. This command displays the equivalent of the following show commands for the VIP card:

more system:running-config

show buffers

show controllers

show interfaces

show processes cpu

show processes memory

show stacks

show version

For a sample display of the show controllers tech-support command output, refer to these show commands.

Related Commands

Command
Description

more system:running-config

Displays the running configuration.

show buffers

Displays statistics for the buffer pools on the network server.

show controllers

Displays information that is specific to the hardware.

show interfaces

Uses the show interfaces EXEC command to display ALC information.

show processes

Displays information about the active processes.

show processes memory

Displays memory used.

show stacks

Monitors the stack usage of processes and interrupt routines.

show tech-support

Displays general information about the router when reporting a problem.

show version

Displays the configuration of the system hardware, the software version, the names and sources of configuration files, and the boot images.


show debugging

To display information about the types of debugging that are enabled for your router, use the show debugging command in privileged EXEC mode.

show debugging

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

11.1

This command was introduced.


Examples

The following is sample output from the show debugging command. In this example, three types of CDP debugging are enabled.

Router# show debugging

CDP:
  CDP packet info debugging is on
  CDP events debugging is on
  CDP neighbor info debugging is on

Related Commands

Command
Description

debug

Begin message logging for the specified debug command


show environment

To display temperature, voltage, and blower information on the Cisco 7000 series, Cisco 7200 series, Cisco 7500 series routers, Cisco AS5300 series Access Servers, and Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Routers (GSRs), use the show environment command in privileged EXEC mode.

show environment [alarms | all | fans | hardware | last | leds | power-supply | table | temperatures | voltages]

Syntax Description

alarms

(Optional) Displays the alarm contact information.

all

(Optional) Displays a detailed listing of all environmental monitor parameters (for example, the power supplies, temperature readings, voltage readings, and blower speeds). This is the default.

fans

(Optional) Displays blower and fan information.

hardware

(Optional) Displays hardware-specific information.

last

(Optional) Displays information on the last measurement made.

leds

(Optional) Displays the status of the MBus LEDs on the clock and scheduler cards and switch fabric cards.

power-supply

(Optional) Displays power supply voltage and current information. If applicable, displays the status of the Redundant Power Supply (RPS).

table

(Optional) Displays the temperature, voltage, and blower ranges and thresholds.

temperature

(Optional) Displays temperature information.

voltages

(Optional) Displays voltage information.


Defaults

If no options are specified, the default is all.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Command History

Release
Modification

10.0

This command was introduced.

11.2 GS

The alarms, fans, hardware, leds, power-supply, table temperature, and voltages keywords were added for Cisco 12000 series GSRs.

11.3(6)AA

This command was expanded to monitor the RPS and board temperature for the Cisco AS5300 platform, Cisco 3600 Series routers, Cisco 7200 series routers, and the Cisco 12000 series routers.


Usage Guidelines

The availability of keywords will depend on your system.

Once a minute a routine is run that gets environmental measurements from sensors and stores the output into a buffer. This buffer is displayed on the console when the show environment command is entered.

If a measurement exceeds desired margins, but has not exceeded fatal margins, a warning message is printed to the system console. The system software queries the sensors for measurements once a minute, but warnings for a given test point are printed at most once every hour for sensor readings in the warning range and once every 5 minutes for sensor readings in the critical range. If a measurement is out of line within these time segments, an automatic warning message appears on the console. As noted, you can query the environmental status with the show environment command at any time to determine whether a measurement is at the warning or critical tolerance.

If a shutdown occurs because of detection of fatal environmental margins, the last measured value from each sensor is stored in internal nonvolatile memory.

For environmental specifications, refer to the hardware installation and configuration publication for your individual chassis.

If the Cisco 12000 series exceeds environmental conditions, a message similar to the following is displayed on the console:

%GSR_ENV-2-WARNING: Slot 3 Hot Sensor Temperature exceeds 40 deg C;
Check cooling systems

Note Blower temperatures that exceed environmental conditions do not generate a warning message.


You can also enable Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) notifications (traps or informs) to alert a network management system (NMS) when environmental thresholds are reached using the snmp-server enable traps envmon and snmp-server host global configuration commands.

Whenever Cisco IOS software detects a failure or recovery event from the DRPS unit, it sends an SNMP trap to the configured SNMP server. Unlike console messages, only one SNMP trap is sent when the failure event is first detected. Another trap is sent when the recovery is detected.

Cisco AS5300 DRPS software reuses the MIB attributes and traps defined in CISCO-ENVMON-MIB and CISCO-ACCESS-ENVMON-MIB. CISCO-ENVMON-MIB is supported by all Cisco routers with RPS units, and CISCO-ACCESS-ENVMON-MIB is supported by the Cisco 3600 series routers.

A power supply trap defined in CISCO-ENVMON-MIB is sent when a failure is detected and when a failure recovery occurs for the following events: input voltage fail, DC output voltage fail, thermal fail, and multiple failure events.

A fan failure trap defined in CISCO-ENVMON-MIB is sent when a fan failure or recovery event is detected by Cisco IOS software.

A temperature trap defined in CISCO-ACCESS-ENVMON-MIB is sent when a board overtemperature condition is detected by Cisco IOS software.

CISCO-ACCESS-ENVMON-MIB also defines an overvoltage trap. A similar trap is defined in CISCO-ENVMON-MIB, but it requires the ciscoEnvMonVoltageStatusValue in varbinds. This value indicates the current value of the voltage in the RPS. With Cisco AS5300 RPS units, the current voltage value is not sent to the motherboard.

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB is extended to add a new enumerated value, internalRedundant(5), for MIB attribute ciscoEnvMonSupplySource. This is used to identify a RPS unit.

Examples

In the following example, the typical show environment display is shown when no warning conditions are in the system for the Cisco 7000 series and Cisco 7200 series routers. This information may vary slightly depending on the platform you are using. The date and time of the query are displayed, along with the data refresh information and a message indicating that there are no warning conditions.

Router> show environment

Environmental Statistics
  Environmental status as of 13:17:39 UTC Thu Jun 6 1996 
  Data is 7 second(s) old, refresh in 53 second(s)

  All Environmental Measurements are within specifications

Table 71 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 71 show environment Field Descriptions 

Field
Description

Environmental status as of...

Current date and time.

Data is..., refresh in...

Environmental measurements are output into a buffer every 60 seconds, unless other higher-priority processes are running.

Status message

If environmental measurements are not within specification, warning messages are displayed.


Cisco 7000 Series Routers

The following are examples of messages that display on the system console when a measurement has exceeded an acceptable margin:

ENVIRONMENTAL WARNING: Air flow appears marginal.
ENVIRONMENTAL WARNING: Internal temperature measured 41.3(C)
ENVIRONMENTAL WARNING: +5 volt testpoint measured 5.310(V)

The system displays the following message if voltage or temperature exceed maximum margins:

SHUTDOWN: air flow problem

In the following example, there have been two intermittent power failures since a router was turned on, and the lower power supply is not functioning. The last intermittent power failure occurred on Monday, June 10, 1996, at 11:07 p.m.

7000# show environment all

Environmental Statistics
  Environmental status as of 23:19:47 UTC Wed Jun 12 1996 
  Data is 6 second(s) old, refresh in 54 second(s)

  WARNING: Lower Power Supply is NON-OPERATIONAL

  Lower Power Supply:700W, OFF     Upper Power Supply: 700W, ON

  Intermittent Powerfail(s): 2     Last on 23:07:05 UTC Mon Jun 10 1996 

  +12 volts measured at  12.05(V)
   +5 volts measured at   4.96(V)
  -12 volts measured at -12.05(V)
  +24 volts measured at  23.80(V)

  Airflow temperature measured at 38(C)
  Inlet temperature measured at 25(C)

Table 72 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 72 show environment all Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7000 

Field
Description

Environmental status as of...

Date and time of last query.

Data is..., refresh in...

Environmental measurements are output into a buffer every 60 seconds, unless other higher-priority processes are running.

WARNING:

If environmental measurements are not within specification, warning messages are displayed.

Lower Power Supply

Type of power supply installed and its status (On or Off).

Upper Power Supply

Type of power supply installed and its status (On or Off).

Intermittent Powerfail(s)

Number of power hits (not resulting in shutdown) since the system was last booted.

voltage specifications

System voltage measurements.

Airflow and inlet temperature

Temperature of air coming in and going out.


The following example is for the Cisco 7000 series router. The router retrieves the environmental statistics at the time of the last shutdown. In this example, the last shutdown was Friday, May 19, 1995, at 12:40 p.m., so the environmental statistics at that time are displayed.

Router# show environment last

Environmental Statistics
  Environmental status as of 14:47:00 UTC Sun May 21 1995 
  Data is 6 second(s) old, refresh in 54 second(s)

  WARNING: Upper Power Supply is NON-OPERATIONAL

LAST Environmental Statistics
  Environmental status as of 12:40:00 UTC Fri May 19 1995 
  Lower Power Supply: 700W, ON     Upper Power Supply: 700W, OFF

  No Intermittent Powerfails

  +12 volts measured at  12.05(V)
   +5 volts measured at   4.98(V)
  -12 volts measured at -12.00(V)
  +24 volts measured at  23.80(V)

 Airflow temperature measured at 30(C)
  Inlet  temperature measured at 23(C)

Table 73 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 73 show environment last Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7000 

Field
Description

Environmental status as of...

Current date and time.

Data is..., refresh in...

Environmental measurements are output into a buffer every 60 seconds, unless other higher-priority processes are running.

WARNING:

If environmental measurements are not within specification, warning messages are displayed.

LAST Environmental Statistics

Displays test point values at time of the last environmental shutdown.

Lower Power Supply:

Upper Power Supply:

For the Cisco 7000 router, indicates the status of the two 700W power supplies.

For the Cisco 7010 router, indicates the status of the single 600W power supply.


In the following example, shows sample output for the current environmental status in tables that list voltage and temperature parameters. There are three warning messages: one each about the lower power supply, the airflow temperature, and the inlet temperature. In this example, voltage parameters are shown to be in the normal range, airflow temperature is at a critical level, and inlet temperature is at the warning level.

Router> show environment table

Environmental Statistics
  Environmental status as of Mon 11-2-1992 17:43:36
  Data is 52 second(s) old, refresh in 8 second(s)

  WARNING: Lower Power Supply is NON-OPERATIONAL
  WARNING: Airflow temperature has reached CRITICAL level at 73(C)
  WARNING: Inlet temperature has reached WARNING level at 41(C)

Voltage Parameters:

 SENSE        CRITICAL                NORMAL                CRITICAL
-------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------

+12(V)                 10.20        12.05(V)       13.80
 +5(V)                  4.74         4.98(V)        5.26
-12(V)                -10.20       -12.05(V)      -13.80
+24(V)                 20.00        24.00(V)       28.00

Temperature Parameters:

 SENSE     WARNING      NORMAL      WARNING      CRITICAL      SHUTDOWN
-------|-------------|------------|-------------|--------------|-----------

Airflow            10           60            70    73(C)      88
Inlet              10           39          41(C)   46         64

Table 74 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 74 show environment Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7000 Series Router

Field
Description

SENSE (Voltage Parameters)

Voltage specification for a DC line.

SENSE (Temperature Parameters)

Air being measured. Inlet measures the air coming in, and Airflow measures the temperature of the air inside the chassis.

WARNING

System is approaching an out-of-tolerance condition.

NORMAL

All monitored conditions meet normal requirements.

CRITICAL

Out-of-tolerance condition exists.

SHUTDOWN

Processor has detected condition that could cause physical damage to the system.


Cisco 7200 Series Routers

The system displays the following message if the voltage or temperature enters the "Warning" range:

%ENVM-4-ENVWARN: Chassis outlet 3 measured at 55C/131F

The system displays the following message if the voltage or temperature enters the "Critical" range:

%ENVM-2-ENVCRIT: +3.45 V measured at +3.65 V

The system displays the following message if the voltage or temperature exceeds the maximum margins:

%ENVM-0-SHUTDOWN: Environmental Monitor initiated shutdown

The following message is sent to the console if a power supply has been inserted or removed from the system. This message relates only to systems that have two power supplies.

%ENVM-6-PSCHANGE: Power Supply 1 changed from Zytek AC Power Supply to removed

The following message is sent to the console if a power supply has been powered on or off. In the case of the power supply being shut off, this message can be due to the user shutting off the power supply or to a failed power supply. This message relates only to systems that have two power supplies.

%ENVM-6-PSLEV: Power Supply 1 state changed from normal to shutdown

The following is sample output from the show environment all command on the Cisco 7200 series router when there is a voltage warning condition in the system:

7200# show environment all

Power Supplies:
        Power supply 1 is unknown. Unit is off.
        Power supply 2 is Zytek AC Power Supply. Unit is on.

Temperature readings:
        chassis inlet    measured at 25C/77F
        chassis outlet 1 measured at 29C/84F
        chassis outlet 2 measured at 36C/96F
        chassis outlet 3 measured at 44C/111F
Voltage readings:
        +3.45 V measured at +3.83 V:Voltage in Warning range!
        +5.15 V measured at +5.09 V
        +12.15  measured at +12.42 V
        -11.95  measured at -12.10 V

Table 75 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 75 show environment all Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7200 Series Router

Field
Description

Power Supplies:

Current condition of the power supplies including the type and whether the power supply is on or off.

Temperature readings:

Current measurements of the chassis temperature at the inlet and outlet locations.

Voltage readings:

Current measurement of the power supply test points.


The following example is for the Cisco 7200 series router. This example shows the measurements immediately before the last shutdown and the reason for the last shutdown (if appropriate).

7200# show environment last

   chassis inlet      previously measured at 27C/80F
   chassis outlet 1   previously measured at 31C/87F
   chassis outlet 2   previously measured at 37C/98F
   chassis outlet 3   previously measured at 45C/113F
   +3.3 V             previously measured at 4.02
   +5.0 V             previously measured at 4.92
   +12.0 V            previously measured at 12.65
   -12.0 V            previously measured at 11.71

last shutdown reason - power supply shutdown

Table 76 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 76 show environment last Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7200 Series Router

Field
Description

chassis inlet

Temperature measurements at the inlet area of the chassis.

chassis outlet

Temperature measurements at the outlet areas of the chassis.

voltages

Power supply test point measurements.

last shutdown reason

Possible shutdown reasons are power supply shutdown, critical temperature, and critical voltage.


The following example is for the Cisco 7200 series router. This information lists the temperature and voltage shutdown thresholds for each sensor.

7200# show environment table

Sample Point      LowCritical    LowWarning     HighWarning    HighCritical
chassis inlet                                   40C/104F       50C/122F
chassis outlet 1                                43C/109F       53C/127F
chassis outlet 2                                75C/167F       75C/167F
chassis outlet 3                                55C/131F       65C/149F
+3.45 V           +2.76          +3.10          +3.80          +4.14
+5.15 V           +4.10          +4.61          +5.67          +6.17
+12.15 V          +9.72          +10.91         +13.37         +14.60
-11.95 V          -8.37          -9.57          -14.34         -15.53
Shutdown system at 70C/158F

Table 77 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 77 show environment table Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7200  Series Router

Field
Description

Sample Point

Area for which measurements are taken.

LowCritical

Level at which a critical message is issued for an out-of-tolerance voltage condition. The system continues to operate; however, the system is approaching shutdown.

LowWarning

Level at which a warning message is issued for an out-of-tolerance voltage condition. The system continues to operate, but operator action is recommended to bring the system back to a normal state.

HighWarning

Level at which a warning message is issued. The system continues to operate, but operator action is recommended to bring the system back to a normal state.

HighCritical

Level at which a critical message is issued. For the chassis, the router is shut down. For the power supply, the power supply is shut down.

Shutdown system at

The system is shut down if the specified temperature is met.


Cisco 7500 Series Router

The sample output for the Cisco 7500 series routers may vary depending on the specific model (for example, the Cisco 7513 router). The following is sample output from the show environment all command on the Cisco 7500 series router:

7500# show environment all

Arbiter type 1, backplane type 7513 (id 2) 
Power supply #1 is 1200W AC (id 1), power supply #2 is removed (id 7) 
Active fault conditions: none
Fan transfer point: 100%
Active trip points: Restart_Inhibit
15 of 15 soft shutdowns remaining before hard shutdown 

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Dbus slots:   X     XX    X

card        inlet      hotpoint      exhaust
RSP(6)     35C/95F     47C/116F      40C/104F
RSP(7)     35C/95F     43C/109F      39C/102F

Shutdown temperature source is `hotpoint' on RSP(6), requested RSP(6) 

+12V measured at 12.31
+5V measured at 5.21
-12V measured at -12.07
+24V measured at 22.08
+2.5 reference is 2.49

PS1 +5V Current      measured at 59.61 A (capacity 200 A) 
PS1 +12V Current     measured at 5.08 A (capacity 35 A) 
PS1 -12V Current     measured at 0.42 A (capacity 3 A) 
PS1 output is 378 W

Table 78 describes the significant fields shown in the display.

Table 78 show environment all Field Descriptions for the Cisco 7500 

Field
Description

Arbiter type 1

Numbers indicating the arbiter type and backplane type.

Power supply

Number and type of power supply installed in the chassis.

Active fault conditions:

Lists any fault conditions that exist (such as power supply failure, fan failure, and temperature too high).

Fan transfer point:

Software controlled fan speed. If the router is operating below its automatic restart temperature, the transfer point is reduced by 10 percent of the full range each minute. If the router is at or above its automatic restart temperature, the transfer point is increased in the same way.

Active trip points:

Compares temperature sensor against the values displayed at the bottom of the show environment table command output.

15 of 15 soft shutdowns remaining

When the temperature increases above the "board shutdown" level, a soft shutdown occurs (that is, the cards are shut down, and the power supplies, fans, and CI continue to operate). When the system cools to the restart level, the system restarts. The system counts the number of times this occurs and keeps the up/down cycle from continuing forever. When the counter reaches zero, the system performs a hard shutdown, which requires a power cycle to recover. The soft shutdown counter is reset to its maximum value after the system has been up for 6 hours.

Dbus slots:

Indicates which chassis slots are occupied.

card, inlet, hotpoint, exhaust

Temperature measurements at the inlet, hotpoint, and exhaust areas of the card. The (6) and (7) indicate the slot numbers. Dual-Route/Switch Processor (RSP) chassis can show two RSPs.

Shutdown temperature source

Indicates which of the three temperature sources is selected for comparison against the "shutdown" levels listed with the show environment table command.

Voltages (+12V, +5V, -12V, +24V, +2.5)

Voltages measured on the backplane.

PS1

Current measured on the power supply.


The following example is for the Cisco 7500 series router. This example shows the measurements immediately before the last shutdown.

7500# show environment last

 RSP(4) Inlet       previously measured at 37C/98F
 RSP(4) Hotpoint    previously measured at 46C/114F
 RSP(4) Exhaust     previously measured at 52C/125F
 +12 Voltage        previously measured at 12.26
 +5 Voltage         previously measured at 5.17
 -12 Voltage        previously measured at -12.03
 +24 Voltage        previously measured at 23.78

Table 79 describes the significant fields shown in the display.