Well, the nature of "undocumented commands" is that problems don't
neccesarily turn into caveats. The general trend is to make "useful"
state and stats visible with normal exec-level commands, though
obviously this isn't a big priority.
I don't think there's any non-vip command to show memory and cpu, but
there's supposed to be a new mib object with "per cpu" data somewhere
along the line.
I don't thing there's anything inherently hazardous about using if-con
to access most vip status, but it's up to the user to map out what's
"safe" as a normal operation vs. what's useful for debugging or for
pre-reload poking around.
George
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> > just the command I've been looking for for last week but forgot to follow it
> > up
> > (though there is a slight error on the document,
> > the command is only available on privilege-exec mode).
>
> Good point - I assumed priv. mode based on the example, but I should
> know better than to assume anything. :-) I'll add that bit to the
> document. Thanks!
>
> > the "if-con" command is not listed int the 7513 help. I need it
> > to check our VIP2-50's CPU and memory. I'm still looking for possible
> > caveats if any.
> > Found one only for 12.0T for possible router reload if the "show line"
> > command is issued.
>
> Be very careful here. As with all undocumented IOS commands, there
> are risks with each revision of the IOS code.
>
> --
> Rob Thomas
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> cmn_err(CE_PANIC, "Out of coffee...");
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