Message Classification; Syslogd Configuration - HP StorageWorks 2/32 - SAN Switch Release Note

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Message Classification

Syslogd messages are classified according to facility and priority (severity
code). This enables a system administrator to take different actions depending on
the error.
The switch supports 6 message severity levels for error log messages.
The following table provides a mapping between severity levels used by the
switch and the syslogd severity levels supported by the UNIX system.
Message severity Levels/UNIX syslogd message severity levels:

syslogd Configuration

This procedure explains how to configure the switch to dispatch error log
messages to a remote syslogd host.To configure the switch to forward switch
error log messages to a remote syslogd host the following steps must be
performed:
1. Login to the switch as Admin user.
2. At the command line enter the syslogdipadd command as follows:
3. Verify the IP address was entered correctly using the syslogdipshow
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Numerical Value: Numerical Value
Panic (0): Emergency (LOG_EMERG) (0)
Critical (1): Alert (LOG_ALERT) (1)
Error (2): Error (LOG_ERR) (3)
Warning (3): Warning (LOG_WARNING) (4)
Info (4): Info (LOG_INFO) (6)
Debug (5): Debug (LOG_DEBUG) (7)
switch:admin>syslogdipadd "IP address of the remote syslogd
host"
command.
This following example shows how to configure the switch to dispatch error
log messages to a remote syslogd host whose IP address is
192.168.148.189
switch:admin> syslogdipadd 192.168.148.189
switch:admin> syslogdipshow
syslog.IP.address.1 192.168.148.189
SAN switch 2/32 Version 4.0.2b Release Notes