Introduction
When contacting Cisco TAC, tech-support files are critical to help determine what the issue is.
This document provides a visual guide that shows how to collect tech-support files from the UCS Central HTML5 UI and CLI.
Prerequisites
Requirements
There are no specific requirements for this document.
Guide
HTML5 Method
CLI Method
After logging into Central using an SSH client, you may carry out the following commands to generate a tech-support file and copy it via tftp:
central# connect local-mgmt
central(local-mgmt)# show tech-support detail
Initiating tech-support information on standalone node...
The detailed tech-support information is located at volatile:/20170217043724_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
central(local-mgmt)# dir volatile:/
1.2M Sep 29 2015 20150929024120_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
4.5M Oct 2 2015 20151002053224_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
4.5M Oct 2 2015 20151002061852_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
4.7M Oct 2 2015 20151002061858_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
4.7M Oct 2 2015 20151002062454_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
14M Apr 1 2016 20160401052358_central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
15M Dec 6 03:08 20161206030647_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
16M Dec 20 03:31 20161220033035_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
20M Feb 17 04:25 20170217042246_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
20M Feb 17 04:26 20170217042256_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
4.0K Feb 17 04:36 20170217043657/
16M Feb 17 04:38 20170217043724_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz
Usage for volatile://
38505856 bytes used
4038324 bytes free
42544180 bytes total
central(local-mgmt)# copy volatile:/20170217043724_central.central_techsupport_UCSCENTRAL_ALL.tgz tftp://1.1.1.1/centralts.tgz
Process Complete
central(local-mgmt)#