Network Troubleshooting

Safely Debugging in Production


Paste the below into the router/switch. (Always verify these exist first by doing them manually then if they work for you for that model of device, then you can just copy paste on devices you know it works on.)

service sequence-numbers

service timestamps debug datetime localtime msec

logging buffered 10000000 debug

no logging console

no logging monitor

default logging rate-limit

default logging queue-limit

<Enable debugs, then wait for issue to occur.>

..

<Enable session capture to txt file in terminal program.>

Router# terminal length 0

Router# show logging

Recommended materials

https://community.cisco.com/t5/collaboration-knowledge-base/how-to-properly-and-safely-collect-debugs-on-an-ios-router/ta-p/3114693

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