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Commands Reference, Volume 2
Dumps contents of Network
Terminal Accelerator (NTX) adapter memory to a host file. This command
only applies to AIX 4.2.1 or later.
hps_dump [ -f Name
] [ -d Device
]
The hps_dump command
uses the loader interface to upload all of the memory from the adapter board
into a file. This produces a snapshot of a system for later analysis
and debugging. The first 1024 bytes of the file contains the
following:
80
| Identification string, includes version.
|
80
| Time and date of dump from host system.
|
80
| Comments.
|
268
| Log table from the host adapter.
|
32
| System address table.
|
8
| Starting and ending address range of dump.
|
476
| Padding to 1024 bytes total.
|
-f Name
| Specifies the name of the dump. Use this option to override the
default filename ./hpscore.
|
-d Device
| Specifies the raw device file name of the adapter. Use this option
to override the default device name /dev/rhp0.
|
This command returns the
following exit values:
0
| Successful completion.
|
>0
| An error occurred.
|
Access Control: You must
have root authority to run this command.
Auditing Events: N/A
- To get a dump of memory
of the default adapter to the file hpscore in the current
directory, enter:
hps_dump
- To get a dump of memory
of the default adapter to the file hpsdebug in the current
directory of the default adapter, enter:
hps_dump -f hpsdebug
- To get a dump of memory
of the adapter /dev/rhp1 to the file hpsdebug in the
current directory of the default adapter, enter:
hps_dump -f hpsdebug -d /dev/rhp1
/usr/bin/hps_dump
| Contains the hps_dump command.
|
/dev/rhp0
| Default NTX raw device file name.
|
The /dev/rhp file.
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