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Capturing System Messages and History

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System message
the number, the more serious the situation.
Table 1-4
Level
0 – emergency
1 – alert
2 – critical
3 – notification
MNEMONIC
Message-text
detailed information about the event, including terminal port numbers, network addresses, or addresses
that correspond to locations in the system memory address space. Because the information in these
variable fields changes from message to message, it is represented here by short strings enclosed in
square brackets (
Table 1-5
Table 1-5
Representation
[dec]
[hex]
[char]
[chars]
The following example system message shows how the variable field might be used:
%AUTHPRIV-3-SYSTEM_MSG: AUTHPRIV [dec] reported a failure in service [chars]
In this example,
Capturing System Messages and History
The system messages are displayed instantly on the console, by default, or are redirected to an internal
log file, or a syslog server. System message severity levels correspond to the keywords assigned by the
logging global configuration commands. These keywords define where and at what level these messages
appear (refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide and the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference
1-4
codes range from 0 to 3 and reflect the severity of the condition. The lower
SEVERITY
System Log Message Format description
is a code that uniquely identifies the system message.
is a text string that describes the condition. This portion of the message might contain
). A decimal number, for example, is represented as
[ ]
lists the representations of variable fields and the type of information in the fields.
Representation of Variable Fields in System Messages
Type of Information
Decimal number
Hexadecimal number
Single character
Character string
Facility code =AUTHPRIV (indicating that it is a authpriv-specific error)
Severity =3 (notification)
Alarm/event code= SYSTEM_MSG
Description of the problem= Authpriv
[dec] is the module slot number associated with this message.
[chars] is the service name that experienced this failure.
Chapter 1 Introduction to System Messages for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Table 1-4 lists the severity levels.
Description
System unusable
Immediate action needed
Critical condition
Normal but significant condition
[dec] reported a failure in service [chars]
.
[dec]
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