Section: Security

Full state backups are encrypted so that passwords and other sensitive information are not exported as clear text.

Section: Storage Network

The location where the engineer can look for the latest core dump file after a Cisco MDS 9000 series storage switch has reloaded unexpectedly is /mnt/core. A core dump file is a file that contains the memory state of the kernel at the time of a system failure. The core dump file can help the engineer or the Cisco technical support to analyze the cause of the problem and to fix it. The core dump file is stored in the /mnt/core directory on the switch, and it can be accessed using the CLI command 'show cores' or 'utils core active list'. The other directories (/mnt/pss, /mnt/logs, and /mnt/recovery) do not contain the core dump file, but they may contain other useful information for troubleshooting, such as process state information, log files, and recovery files.
References: For more information on how to troubleshoot core dumps on a Cisco MDS 9000 series storage switch, please refer to the following resources:
* Troubleshooting Core Dumps
* Cisco MDS 9000 Family Kernel Core Server Installation and Configuration Guide