`show tech`

Syntax

show tech [basic | <FEATURE>][local-file]

Description

Shows detailed information about switch features, by automatically running the show commands associated with the feature. If no parameters are specified, the show tech command shows information about all switch features. Technical support personnel use the output from this command for troubleshooting.

Command context

Manager (#)

Parameters

basic: Specifies showing a basic set of system information.
<FEATURE>: Specifies the name of a feature. For a list of feature names, enter the show tech command, followed by a space, followed by a question mark (?).
local-file: Shows the output of the show tech command to a local text file.

Authority

Administrators

Usage

To terminate the output of the show tech command, enter Ctrl+C.

If the command was not terminated with Ctrl+C, at the end of the output, the show tech command shows the following:

The time consumed to execute the command.
The list of failed show commands, if any.

To get a copy of the local text file content created with the show tech command that is used with the local-file parameter, use the copy show-tech local-file command.

Example

Showing the basic set of system information:

switch# show tech basic
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Show Tech executed on Wed Sep  6 16:50:37 2017
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[Begin] Feature basic
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*******************************
Command : show core-dump all
*******************************
no core dumps are present

...
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[End] Feature basic
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1 show tech command failed
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Failed command:
  1. show boot-history
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Show tech took 3.000000 seconds for execution
switch#

Directing the output of the show tech basic command to the local text file:

switch# show tech basic local-file
Show Tech output stored in local-file. Please use 'copy show-tech local-file'
to copy-out this file.
switch#