1 Connect to the switch via CLI
2 Enter supportsave and follow the prompts
3 Choose y when prompted to proceed
OK to proceed? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
4 Enter the IP address of the FTP server
Host IP or Host Name: 10.10.10.20
5 Enter a username with access to the FTP server
User Name: anonymous
6 Select the protocol the FTP server uses
Protocol (ftp | scp | sftp): ftp
7 Select the directory on the FTP server to save the logs to. In this case the logs are being saved into a folder called switches
Remote Directory: /switches
8 When the operation finishes you will see a number of zip files in the location you specified
Conclusion
The supportsave commands are handy command-line tools that can help you to do log analysis on brocade switches
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