Contacting the technical assistance center – Force10 Networks Force10 TeraScale E-Series E1200i User Manual

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Installing and Maintaining the E1200i System

101

Contacting the Technical Assistance Center

How to Contact Force10
TAC

Log in to iSupport at

http://www.force10networks.com/support/

, and select the

Service Request tab.

Information to Submit
When Opening a Support
Case

Your name, company name, phone number, and E-mail address

Preferred method of contact

Model number

Serial Number (see

Requesting a Hardware Replacement on page 102

)

Software version number

Symptom description

Screen shots illustrating the symptom, including any error messages. These
can include:

Output from the

show tech-support

[

non-paged

] command (This

report is very long, so the storage buffer in your terminal program
should be set high.)

Output from the

show logging eventlog

[

unit

] command, where

unit

is the stack ID of the member unit that experienced the failure

(This report is included as a section in the output of

show tech-

support

.)

Console captures showing the error messages

Console captures showing the troubleshooting steps taken

Saved messages to a syslog server, if one is used

Managing Your Case

Log in to iSupport, and select the Service Request tab to view all open cases and
RMAs.

Downloading Software
Updates

Log in to iSupport, and select the Software Center tab.

Technical Documentation

Log in to iSupport, and select the Documents tab. This page can be accessed
without logging in via the Documentation link on the iSupport page.

Contact Information

E-mail: [email protected]

Web:

http://www.force10networks.com/support/

Telephone:

US and Canada: 866.965.5800

International: 408.965.5800

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