Software Monitoring and Reporting
This document describes software watchdog and reporting related commands.
clear cores
Use this clear command to delete the core files present in /var/log/crash/cores
Syntax
clear cores (|WORD)
Parameters
WORD
Core file name
Default
NA
Command Mode
Executive Mode
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#show cores
Core location :/var/log/crash/cores
Core-File-Name
--------------
core_hostpd.9581_20190324_222313_signal_11.gz
#clear cores core_hostpd.9581_20190324_222313_signal_11.gz
#show cores
Core location :/var/log/crash/cores
Core-File-Name
--------------
#
copy core
Use this command to copy the core file to another file. 
The core filename is in the form: core_PROCESSNAME.PROCID_YYYMMDD_HHMMSS_signal_SIGNUM.gz
Syntax
copy core FILE (tftp TFTP-URL|ftp FTP-URL|scp SCP-URL|sftp SFTP-URL) (vrf (NAME|management)|)
Parameters
core
Copy Crash core files to remote location. Core file location: /var/log/crash/cores/
FILE
Source file name
TFTP-URL
Destination: tftp:[//server[:port]][/path]
FTP-URL
Destination: ftp:[//server][/path]
SCP-URL
Destination: scp:[//server][/path]
SFTP-URL
Destination: sftp:[//server][/path]
NAME
Virtual Routing and Forwarding name
management
Management Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Default
NA
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
# copy core core_hostpd.9581_20190324_222313_signal_11.gz scp scp://10.12.16.17/home/ core core_hostpd.9581_20190324_222313_signal_11.gz vrf management
Enter Username:root
Enter Password:
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  681k    0     0    0  681k      0  3588k --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3588k
100  681k    0     0    0  681k      0  3588k --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 3588k
Copy Success
copy techsupport
Use this command to copy the contents of a compressed techsupport file (tar.gz) to another file. 
The default filename is in the form: tech_support_YYYY_MMM_DD_HH_MM_SS.tar.gz.
Syntax
copy (log|techsupport) FILE (tftp TFTP-URL|ftp FTP-URL|scp SCP-URL|sftp SFTP-URL) (vrf (NAME|management)|)
Parameters
log
Log file storage; on Linux this refers to /var/log/
techsupport
Tech support file storage; on Linux this refers to /var/log/
FILE
Source file name
TFTP-URL
Destination: tftp:[//server[:port]][/path]
FTP-URL
Destination: ftp:[//server][/path]
SCP-URL
Destination: scp:[//server][/path]
SFTP-URL
Destination: sftp:[//server][/path]
NAME
Virtual Routing and Forwarding name
management
Management Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Default
NA
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#copy techsupport tech_support_23_Feb_2019_18_27_00.tar.gz scp scp://10.12.16.17/home/tech_support_23_Feb_2019_18_27_00.tar.gz vrf management
 
Enter Username:root
Enter Password:
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 72368 0 0 0 72368 0 147k -::- -::- -::- 147k
100 72368 0 0 0 72368 0 147k -::- -::- -::- 147k
Copy Success
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feature software-watchdog
Use this command to enable software watchdog functionality for all OcNOS modules. This feature is enabled by default. 
Use the no form of this command to disable software watchdog functionality. 
Command Syntax 
feature software-watchdog 
no feature software-watchdog 
Parameter 
None
Default
By default, software watchdog is enabled.
Command Mode 
Configure mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#configure terminal 
#(config)feature software-watchdog 
show bootup-parameters 
Use this command to show OcNOS kernel bootup parameters. 
Command Syntax 
show bootup-parameters 
Parameter 
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#show bootup-parameters 
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.7-g490411a-ec-as7712-32x root=UUID=317567fc-b69e-4
 
5d9-ab4e-fa1d9e57b
 
703 console=ttyS1,115200n8 ro
 
show cores
Use this command to list core files in the system or to display information about a given core file.
When cmlsh logged in via non-root user crashes, core files will not get generated. User can further debug the issue based on CLI-history and logs from /var/log/messages.
Command Syntax 
show cores (|WORD details)
Parameter 
WORD
Core file name 
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#sh cores
Core location :/var/log/crash/cores
Core-File-Name
--------------
core_nsm.683_20191110_103611_signal_5.gz
core_nsm.712_20191107_171803_signal_11.gz
core_nsm.684_20191112_054937_signal_5.gz
core_yangcli.5695_20191107_171715_signal_11.gz
#
Table 19-32 explains the output fields.
  
Table 19-32: show cores fields
Entry  | Description  | 
|---|
Core-File-Name  | Core dump file name.  | 
show running-config watchdog
Use this command to display watchdog configurations.
Command Syntax
show running-config watchdog
Parameters
None
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Applicability
This command is introduced in OcNOS-SP version 5.0.
Example
OcNOS#sh running-config watchdog
software-watchdog keep-alive-time 300
show software-watchdog status 
Use this command to display the software watchdog status for each OcNOS module. 
Command Syntax 
show software-watchdog status 
show software-watchdog status detail
Parameter 
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3 and updated in OcNOS version 1.3.4.
Examples 
#show software-watchdog status
Software Watchdog timeout in seconds : 60
Process name         Watchdog status
============         ===============
nsm                  Enabled
ripd                 Enabled
ripngd               Enabled
ospfd                Enabled
ospf6d               Enabled
isisd                Enabled
hostpd               Enabled
ldpd                 Enabled
rsvpd                Enabled
mribd                Enabled
pimd                 Enabled
authd                Enabled
mstpd                Enabled
imi                  Enabled
onmd                 Enabled
HSL                  Enabled
oamd                 Enabled
vlogd                Enabled
vrrpd                Enabled
ndd                  Enabled
ribd                 Enabled
bgpd                 Enabled
l2mribd              Enabled
lagd                 Enabled
sflow                Enabled
cmld                 Enabled
cmmd                 Enabled
 
#show software-watchdog status detail
Software Watchdog timeout in seconds : 60
 
Process Watchdog   Process   Disconnect Connect         Last Restart
 Name    Status     Status     Count     Count             Reason
======= ======== =========== ========== ======= ===============================
nsm     Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ripd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ripngd  Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ospfd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ospf6d  Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
isisd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
hostpd  Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ldpd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
rsvpd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
mribd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
pimd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
authd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
mstpd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
imi     Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
onmd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
HSL     Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
oamd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
vlogd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
vrrpd   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ndd     Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
ribd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
bgpd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
l2mribd Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
lagd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
sflow   Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
cmld    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
cmmd    Enabled  Running     0          1       Fresh bootup
 
Table 19-33 explains the output fields.
 Table 19-33: show software-watchdog status output fields 
Field  | Description  | 
|---|
Process Name  | The name of a protocol module.  | 
Watchdog Status  | Status of a protocol module (Enabled or Disabled).  | 
Process Status  | Status of the protocol module Running/Not-running).  | 
Disconnect Count  | Number of times the protocol module disconnected from monitoring module.  | 
Connect Count  | Number of times the protocol module connected to monitoring module.  | 
Last Restart Reason  | Reason why a module disconnected from monitoring module.  | 
show system log
Use this command to display the system’s log file.
Command Syntax
show system log
Parameters
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#show system log
Syslog              : enabled      File Name   : /var/log/messages
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost rsyslogd: [origin software="rsyslogd" swVersion="8.4.2
" x-pid="541" x-info="http://www.rsyslog.com"] start
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Started Apply Kernel Variables.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Started Create Static Device Nodes in /dev
.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Copy rules generated while the ro
ot was ro...
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Set preliminary keymap...
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Started Copy rules generated while the roo
t was ro.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost nfs-common[163]: Starting NFS common utilities:.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Found device /dev/ttyS0.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Found device 16GB_SATA_Flash_Drive OcNOS-CONFIG.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Starting File System Check on /dev/disk/by
-label/OcNOS-CONFIG...
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Starting system-ifup.slice.
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd-fsck[217]: OcNOS-CONFIG: clean, 85/128016 file
s, 27057/512000 blocks
Oct 18 18:10:18 localhost systemd[1]: Created slice system-ifup.slice.
--More--
 
Table 19-34 explains the output fields.
  
Table 19-34: show system log fields
Entry  | Description  | 
|---|
Syslog  | Status of the protocol (enabled or disabled).  | 
File Name  | Specifies the name of the system log files that you configured.  | 
 
show system login
Use this command to display the system’s login history.
Command Syntax
show system login
Parameters
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#show system login
eric      ttyS0                         Wed Oct 19 18:31   still logged in
takayuki  ttyS0                         Wed Oct 19 18:14 - 18:25  (00:10)
girish    ttyS0                         Wed Oct 19 16:46 - 17:01  (00:14)
 
wtmp begins Wed Oct 19 16:46:18 2016
 
 
show system reboot-history
Use this command to show the OcNOS reboot history. 
Command Syntax 
show system reboot-history 
Parameters
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#show system reboot-history 
#) On Thu Jun 6 06:16:03 2013 
Reason: Reset Requested by Active User 
Service: NONE 
#) On Thu Jun 6 06:21:30 2015 
Reason: Reset Requested due to Process Crash 
Service: nsm 
#
 
Table 19-34 explains the output fields.
  
Table 19-35: show system reboot-history fields
Entry  | Description  | 
|---|
Reason  | Displays the reason, why the fields are reset.  | 
Service  | Name of the service in this protocol.  | 
 
 
show system resources
Use this command to display the system’s current resources.
Command Syntax
show system resources (iteration <1-5>|)
Parameters
<1-5>
The number of times to check the resources before they are displayed.
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
DELL-6K3#show system resources
load average: 0.11, 0.08, 0.05
Tasks: 113 total,   1 running, 112 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  1.1 us,  0.4 sy,  0.0 ni, 98.5 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
KiB Mem:   8181040 total,   736124 used,  7444916 free,   133012 buffers
 
 
#show system resources iteration 5
load average: 0.03, 0.06, 0.05
Tasks: 112 total,   3 running, 109 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
%Cpu(s):  1.0 us,  0.6 sy,  0.0 ni, 98.4 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.0 si,  0.0 st
KiB Mem:   8181040 total,   736608 used,  7444432 free,   132976 buffers
KiB Swap:        0 total,        0 used,        0 free.   252416 cached Mem
 
 
Table 19-36 explains the output fields.
  
Table 19-36: show system resource fields
Entry  | Description  | 
|---|
Load Average  | Number of processes that are running. The average reflects the system load the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.  | 
Tasks  | Number of processes in the system and how many processes are actually running when the command is issued.  | 
CPU  | 	Displays the CPU utilization information for processes on the device.  | 
KiB Mem  | The memory field (Mem) shows the virtual memory used by processes. The value in the memory field is in KB and MB, and is broken down as follows:   Total: The total amount of available virtual memory, in kibibytes (KiBs).   Used:The total amount of used virtual memory, in kibibytes (KiBs).   Free: The total amount of free virtual memory, in kibibytes (KiBs)   Buffers: The size of the memory buffer used to hold data recently called from disk.  | 
KiB Swap  | The Swap field shows the total swap space available and how much is unused and is broken down as follows:   Total: The total amount of available swap memory, in kibibytes (KiBs).   Used: The total amount of used swap memory, in kibibytes (KiBs).   Free: The total amount of free swap memory, in kibibytes (KiBs).   Cache Memory: Memory that is not associated with any program and does not need to be swapped before being reused.  | 
 
show system uptime
Use this command to display how lone the system has been up and running.
Command Syntax
show system uptime
Parameters
None
Command Mode 
Execution mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
DELL-6K3#show system uptime
 19:10:22 up 1 day,  1:01,  1 user,  load average: 0.08, 0.05, 0.05
 
 
Table 19-37 explains the output fields.
  
Table 19-37: show system uptime fields
Entry  | Description  | 
|---|
Time and up  | Current time, in the local time zone, and how long the router or switch has been operational.  | 
Users  | Number of users logged in to the router or switch.  | 
Load Average  | Number of processes that are running. The average reflects the system load the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.  | 
 
show techsupport
Use this command to collect system data for technical support to save support information in a compressed (.gz) file. 
The default file path is /var/log/ and the filename is tech_support_YYYY_MMM_DD_HH_MM_SS.tar.gz.
The filename given can be the same as another file; to distinguish them, each of the filenames are appended with a date and timestamp.
If a show techsupport command execution is in progress, any newly issued show techsupport commands are ignored.
If a show techsupport command is executing, and the show running-config command is given, the displayed information is copied from the show techsupport command.
Command Syntax
show techsupport ({all|authd|bgp|cmmd|hostpd|hsl|imi|isis|l2mribd|lag|ldp|mribd|mstp|nd|nsm|oam|onm|ospf|ospf6|pim|ptp|rib|rip|ripng|rsvp|sflow|synce|vrrp})
Parameters:
all
ALL Related Information
authd
AUTHD Related Information
bgp
BGP Related Information
cmmd 
CMMD Related Information
hostpd
HOSTP Related Information
hsl
HSL Related Information
imi
IMI Related Information
isis
ISIS Related Information
l2mribd
L2MRIB Related Information
lag
LAG/LACP Related Information
ldp
LDP Related Information
mribd
MRIB Related Information
mstp
MSTP Related Information
nd
NDD Related Information
nsm
NSM Related Information
oam
BFD Related Information
onm
ONM/LLDP Related Information
ospf
OSPF Related Information
ospf6
OSPF6 Related Information
pcep
PCEP Related Information
pim 
PIM Related Information
ptp
PTP Related Information
rib
RIB Related Information
rip
RIP Related Information
ripng
RIPNG Related Information
rsvp
RSVP Related Information
sflow
SFLOW Related Information
synce
SYNCE Related Information
vrrp
VRRP Related Information
Default
The default file path for show techsupport is /var/log/.
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#show techsupport all
#show techsupport bgp
#show techsupport bgp isis
show techsupport status
Use this cli to view the status of show techsupport CLI to generate techsupport archive.
Command Syntax
show techsupport status
Parameters
None
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS-OTN verison 4.2.
Example
#show techsupport status
	 Tech Support Command Execution Is Complete
	 ##Generated Tech Support File-list
	 /var/log/OcNOS_tech_support_18_Jun_2021_10_01_38.tar.gz
	 Tar File is generated at /var/log and file name begins with 'OcNOS_tech_support'
 
software-watchdog 
Use this command to enable the software watchdog feature for an OcNOS module. 
Use the no form of this command to disable the software watchdog feature. 
Command Syntax 
software-watchdog (nsm|authd|bgpd|cmld|hostpd|imi|isisd|lagd|l2mribd| mstpd|mribd|ndd|oamd|onmd|ospfd|ospf6d|pimd|ribd|ripd|ripngd|sflow|vlogd|vrrpd||ldpd|rsvpd|hsl|cmmd)
no software-watchdog (nsm|authd|bgpd|cmld|hostpd|imi|isisd|lagd|l2mribd| mstpd|mribd|ndd|oamd|onmd|ospfd|ospf6d|pimd|ribd|ripd|ripngd|sflow|vlogd|vrrpd||ldpd|rsvpd|hsl|cmmd)
Parameters 
nsm
NSM module
authd
AUTH module
bgpd
BGP module
cmld
CML module
hostpd
HOSTP module
imi
IMI module
isisd
ISIS module
lagd
LAG module
l2mribd
L2MRIB module
mstpd
MSTP module
mribd
MRIB module
ndd
NDD module
oamd
OAM module
onmd
ONM module
ospfd
OSPF module
ospf6d
OSPF6 module
pimd
PIM module
ribd
RIB module
ripd
RIP module
ripngd
RIPNG module
sflow
SFLOW module
vlogd
VLOG module
vrrpd
VRRP module
ldpd
LDP module
rsvpd
RSVP module
hsl
HSL module
cmmd
CMM module
Default
By default, software watchdog is enabled.
Command Mode 
Configure mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#configure terminal 
#(config)no software-watchdog imi 
#(config)software-watchdog nsm 
software-watchdog keep-alive-time 
Use this command to set the software watchdog keep-alive time interval in seconds. The default keep-alive time interval is 60 seconds. 
Use the no form of this command to set default keep-alive time interval. 
Command Syntax 
software-watchdog keep-alive-time <30-1800> 
no software-watchdog keep-alive-time 
Parameters 
<30-1800>
Keep-alive time interval in seconds 
Default
By default, software watchdog is enabled and the keep-alive time interval is 60 seconds.
Command Mode 
Configure mode 
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Examples 
#configure terminal
#(config)software-watchdog keep-alive-time 100