Introduction
How to Find & Retrieve WLC's crash coredump from its's flash to external FTP/TFTP server.
Show Coredump Summary - Output
(WiSM-slot8-1) >show coredump summary
Core Dump is enabled
FTP Server IP.................................... 128.172.193.253
FTP Filename..................................... Poca-WiSM-1_cd
FTP Username..................................... mcdaviddj
FTP Password..................................... *********
Core Dump file on flash:
SW Version....................................... 7.3.101.0
Time Stamp....................................... Mon Apr 15 15:00:51 2013
File Size........................................ 62563632
File Name Suffix................................._7.3.101.0_Poca-WiSM-1_1366052451.gz =======> Core Dump of crash stored in Flash
Transferring CoreDump file
If there is a coredump file available then transfer to external FTP/TFTP server. To transfer the file from the controller to a server, enter these commands:
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload datatype coredump
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload filename <desired filename>
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload mode <tftp/ftp>
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload serverip <ip>
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload start
(You may need to specify file path as well, and username/password for FTP)
If you are using an FTP server, also enter these commands:
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload username username
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload password password
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload port port
The default value for the port parameter is 21.
To view the updated settings, enter this command:
(Cisco Controller) >transfer upload start
When prompted to confirm the current settings and start the software upload, answer y.
After the file is uploaded, it ends with a .gz suffix. If desired, you can upload the same core dump file multiple times with different names to different servers.
Currently, it is cli only and no gui option.