dump command

To see the raw contents of CMOS memory, use the dump command. This command is for BIOS-based servers only.

Syntax

The syntax of the dump command is
asu dump [-nx]
Note: If the optional -nx parameter is specified, the ASU performs the operation for node x, where x is the selected node in a multi-node system. Node x can be a number from 1 through 8. If the -nx parameter is not specified, the operation is performed on the primary node (node 1).

Output

The output of the dump command is a table that contains the current raw hexadecimal contents of CMOS memory. The CMOS memory setting area is preceded by an angle bracket (<) and followed by an angle bracket (>). CMOS memory locations that are outside the CMOS memory setting area are denoted by an asterisk (*). The ASU uses information from the CMOS memory map to determine how to access the second bank of CMOS memory. It also uses CMOS memory limit information from the map to determine the CMOS memory setting area.

The dump command and corresponding output are shown in the following example.

Command line:
asu dump
Output:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00: 38*00*14*00*10*00*01*07*07*03*26*02*50*80<00 00
10: 40 00 00 7e 01 80 02 ff ff 00 00 f2 00 86 c0 c8
20: 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 27 50 07 18
30: ff ff 20 05 0d 06 00 00 c0 00 f0 ff 00 ca 00 00
40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 52 00 00 60
50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24
70: 10 42 08 21 00 00 81 4a 2a 00 2e 28 00 30 00 00
80: 00 00 ff 01 00>00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
90: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
a0: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
b0: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
c0: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
d0: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
e0: 00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00*00
f0: 00*00*00*32*08*9c*00*62*90*5c*cd*ff*4f*5f*ba*9f