Managing System Logs; Enabling System Logs - Alcatel OS-LS-6224 User Manual

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Configuring the Switch

Managing System Logs

The switch allows you to control the logging of error messages, including the type of
events that are recorded in switch memory, logging to a remote System Log (syslog)
server, and displays a list of recent event messages.
The default for all logs is information, with the exception of logs in the Remote Log
Server, which are errors.
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Enabling System Logs

The Logs Settings Page contains fields for defining which events are recorded to
which logs. It contains fields for enabling logs globally, and parameters for defining
logs. The Severity log messages are listed from the highest severity to the lowest.
When a severity level is selected, all severity level choices above the selection are
selected automatically.
Command Attributes
• Enable Logging — Indicates if device global logs for Cache and File are enabled.
Console logs are enabled by default. The possible field values are:
• Checked — Enables device logs.
• Unchecked — Disables device logs.
• Severity — The following are the available severity logs:
• Emergency — Indicates the highest warning level. If the device is down or not
functioning properly, an emergency log message is saved to the specified
logging location.
• Alert — Indicates the second highest warning level. An alert log is saved, if there
is a serious device malfunction; for example, all device features are down.
• Critical — Indicates the third highest warning level. A critical log is saved if a
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Se verity Name
Debug
Informational
Notice
Warning
Error
Critical
Alert
Emergency
Des cription
Debugging messages
Informational messages only
Normal but significant condition, such as
cold start
Warning conditions (e.g., return false,
unexpected return)
Error conditions (e.g., invalid input, default
used)
Critical conditions (e.g., memory allocation,
or free memory error - resource exhausted)
Immediate action needed
System unusable