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Disable Core Dump

diek
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On my 6509 with RPR+ I am running Native mode version 12.1(13)E8 and want to verify if Core Dump is turned off and if not how to turn it off.

I can find how to do it with Cat set cmd but not with the Native router cmd set.

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Prashanth Krishnappa
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

In Native IOS, the core dump process is not enabled by default and should only be used in extreme cases to capture the contents of memory after an unexplained crash. The supervisor will write a 'crashinfo' file that typically contains all that

is needed to determine the cause of a crash so there is typically no need to enable core dump in native IOS. Here is core-dump info

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_tech_note09186a00800c7d59.shtml#topic1