diff --git a/lib/dump_utils.robot b/lib/dump_utils.robot
index 7551e7d..528dad7 100644
--- a/lib/dump_utils.robot
+++ b/lib/dump_utils.robot
@@ -9,11 +9,41 @@
 
 Create User Initiated Dump
     [Documentation]  Generate user initiated dump and return
-    ...  dump id (e.g 1, 2 etc).
+    ...  the dump id number (e.g., "5").  Optionally return EMPTY
+    ...  if out of dump space.
+    [Arguments]   ${check_out_of_space}=${False}
+
+    # Description of Argument(s):
+    # check_out_of_space   If ${False}, a dump will be created and
+    #                      its dump_id will be returned.
+    #                      If ${True}, either the dump_id will be
+    #                      returned, or the value ${EMPTY} will be
+    #                      returned if out of dump space was
+    #                      detected when creating the dump.
 
     ${data}=  Create Dictionary  data=@{EMPTY}
     ${resp}=  OpenBMC Post Request
-    ...  ${DUMP_URI}/action/CreateDump  data=${data}
+    ...  ${DUMP_URI}action/CreateDump  data=${data}  quiet=${1}
+
+    Run Keyword If  '${check_out_of_space}' == '${False}'
+    ...  Run Keyword And Return  Get The Dump Id  ${resp}
+    ...  ELSE   Run Keyword And Return  Check For Too Many Dumps  ${resp}
+
+
+Get The Dump Id
+    [Documentation]  Wait for the dump to be created. Return the
+    ...  dump id number (e.g., "5").
+    [Arguments]  ${resp}
+
+    # Description of Argument(s):
+    # resp   Response object from action/Create Dump attempt.
+    #        Example object:
+    #        {
+    #           "data": 5,
+    #           "message": "200 OK",
+    #           "status": "ok"
+    #        },
+    #        The "data" field conveys the id number of the created dump.
 
     Should Be Equal As Strings  ${resp.status_code}  ${HTTP_OK}
     ${json}=  To JSON  ${resp.content}
@@ -35,6 +65,44 @@
     [Return]  ${dump_id}
 
 
+Check For Too Many Dumps
+    [Documentation]  Return the dump_id number, or return ${EMPTY} if dump
+    ...  creation failed due to too many dumps.
+    [Arguments]  ${resp}
+
+    # Description of Argument(s):
+    # resp   Response object from action/Create Dump attempt.
+    #        Example object if there are too many dumps:
+    #        {
+    #           "data": {
+    #              "description": "Internal Server Error",
+    #              "exception": "'Dump not captured due to a cap.'",
+    #              "traceback": [
+    #              "Traceback (most recent call last):",
+    #                ...
+    #              "DBusException: Create.Error.QuotaExceeded"
+    #                           ]
+    #              },
+    #           "message": "500 Internal Server Error",
+    #           "status": "error"
+    #        }
+
+    # If dump was created normally, return the dump_id number.
+    Run Keyword If  '${resp.status_code}' == '${HTTP_OK}'
+    ...  Run Keyword And Return  Get The Dump Id  ${resp}
+
+    ${exception}=  Set Variable  ${resp.json()['data']['exception']}
+    ${at_capacity}=  Set Variable  Dump not captured due to a cap
+    ${too_many_dumps}=  Evaluate  $at_capacity in $exception
+    Rprintn
+    Rprint Vars   exception  too_many_dumps
+    # If there are too many dumps, return ${EMPTY}, otherwise Fail.
+    ${status}=  Run Keyword If  ${too_many_dumps}  Set Variable  ${EMPTY}
+    ...  ELSE  Fail  msg=${exception}.
+
+    [Return]  ${status}
+
+
 Verify No Dump In Progress
     [Documentation]  Verify no dump in progress.