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Catalyst4500 Series SwitchCiscoIOS Command Reference—Release 12.2(18)EW
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Chapter2Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
show tech-support
show tech-support
To display troubleshooting information for TAC, use the show tech-support command.
show tech-support [bridging | cef | ipmulticast | isis | password [page] | page]
Syntax Description
Defaults The defaults are as follows:
• Outputs are displayed without page breaks.
• Passwords and other security information are removed from the output.
Command Modes Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines Press the Return key to display the next line of output, or press the Space bar to display the next page
of information. If you do not enter the page keyword, the output scrolls. It does not stop for page breaks.
If you enter the password keyword, password encryption is enabled, but only the encrypted form appears
in the output.
If you do not enter the password keyword, passwords and other security-sensitive information in the
output are replaced in the output with the word “removed.”
The show tech-support commands are a compilation of several show commands and the output can be
quite lengthy. For a sample display of the output of the show tech-support command, see the individual
show command listed.
If you enter the show tech-support command without arguments, the output displays the equivalent of
these show commands:
• show version
• show running-config
• show stacks
• show interfaces
• show controllers
bridging (Optional) Specifies bridging-related information.
cef (Optional) Specifies CEF-related information.
ipmulticast (Optional) Specifies IP multicast-related information.
isis (Optional) Specifies CLNS and ISIS-related information.
password (Optional) Includes passwords and other security information in the output.
page (Optional) Displays one page of information at a time in the output.
Release Modification
12.1(8a)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.