Check The Message Buffer; View Log Files (Oracle Solaris) - Oracle Netra SPARC S7-2 Service Manual

Description
Generate and examine low-level diagnostic information
generated by POST.
Related Information
"Checking for Faults" on page 25
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"Clear a Fault Manually" on page 40
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Check the Message Buffer

The dmesg command checks the system buffer for recent diagnostic messages and displays the
messages.
1. Log in as superuser.
2. Type:
# dmesg
Related Information
"View Log Files (Oracle Solaris)" on page 35
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"View Log Files (Oracle ILOM)" on page 36
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"POST Overview" on page 37
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View Log Files (Oracle Solaris)

The error logging daemon, syslogd, automatically records various system warnings, errors, and
faults in message files. These messages can alert you to system problems such as a device that
is about to fail.
The /var/adm directory contains several message files. The most recent messages are in
the /var/adm/messages file. After a period of time (usually every week), a new messages
Check the Message Buffer
Links
"POST Overview" on page 37
"Configure POST" on page 37
"Oracle ILOM Properties That Affect POST
Behavior" on page 39
Detecting and Managing Faults 35