System Setup and Software Installation Guide for Cisco NCS 1014, IOS XR Releases 26.x.x

Verify core dump context information

Updated: June 9, 2026

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Verify the latest core dump context information for any process on Cisco NCS 1014 using the show context command.

Use this task to check up to ten recent core dump instances for any process on Cisco NCS 1014 for troubleshooting and analysis.

Core dump context information includes details such as core location, build information, process state, register data, and backtrace. This aids in analyzing system crashes or failures on Cisco NCS 1014.

Procedure

Run the show context command to display the core dump context information of any process on the system, up to the last ten instances.

Example:

RP/0/RP0/CPU0:RINode1#show context
Mon Feb 24 14:28:32.450 IST

Disclaimer: if exception path is not configured, cores may be found in /misc/disk1/coredumps

node: node0_RP0_CPU0
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