Diagnosis
This chapter provides examples on how to use Netconf to manage diagnosis tools on AsterNOS devices.
Enable sdk-shell
Section titled “Enable sdk-shell”hint{type=“warning”} NOTE: Disable sdk-shell in debug mode.
Request example to disable sdk-shell in debug mode via rpc sdk-shell-enable
<sdk-shell-enable> <enable>false</enable></sdk-shell-enable>Response example
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="urn:uuid:7b04a019-b101-42ef-8b89-bb9777103aa6"> <ok/></rpc-reply>Get diagnostic information
Section titled “Get diagnostic information”hint{type=“warning”} NOTE: Retrieve diagnostic information from a specific time and save it to the /var/dump directory. After Executing the rpc command, please wait for about 60 seconds. You can find the file sonic_dump_sonic_*.tar in the /var/dump directory.
Request example to retrieve diagnostic information from a specific time via rpc show-diagnostic-information
<show-diagnostic-information> <start-date>2025-9-27</start-date></show-diagnostic-information>Response example
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="urn:uuid:9a106f89-542c-4bc9-baf6-2b8e546daddd"> <ok/></rpc-reply>Get diagnostic information with a specified number of logs
Section titled “Get diagnostic information with a specified number of logs”NOTE: Retrieve diagnostic information with a specified number of logs and save it to the /var/dump directory. After Executing the rpc command, please wait for about 60 seconds. You can find the file sonic_dump_sonic_*.tar in the /var/dump directory.
Request example to retrieve diagnostic information with a specified number of logs via rpc show-diagnostic-information
<show-diagnostic-information> <log-count>3</log-count></show-diagnostic-information>Response example
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="urn:uuid:90ead5c6-f57f-4e14-b9b2-c65422997015"> <ok/></rpc-reply>