Downloading the Black Box File (blackbox)
Function
The blackbox command is used to download the black box file.
Format
ipmcget -d blackbox
Parameters
None
Usage Guidelines
- The black box stores the kernel information of the server before a critical fault such as OS breakdown occurs.
- The black box function can be used only after the fault monitoring software (for example, iBMA) is installed on the server. For details about how to parse black box data, see iBMA User Guide.
- Before running this command, ensure that the black box function is enabled on the iBMC WebUI. For more details, see . page of the
- To view the black box file, use a file transfer tool that supports SFTP, for example WinSCP, to transfer the blackbox.tar file from the /tmp directory to the local PC.
Example
# Download black box data.
iBMC:/->ipmcget -d blackbox
Downloading...
100%
Download Black Box data to /tmp/blackbox.tar successfully.