Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration................1-1 1.1 Information Center Overview ..................... 1-1 1.1.1 Introduction to Information Center................1-1 1.1.2 System Information Format..................1-1 1.2 Configuring Information Center..................1-4 1.2.1 Configuring to Output System Information to the Console ........
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration 1.1 Information Center Overview 1.1.1 Introduction to Information Center Acting as the system information hub, information center classifies and manages system information.
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration III. Sysname Sysname is the system name of the current host. Users can use the sysname command to modify the sysname. Note that there is a space between the sysname and module fields.
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Module name Description Routing Management module RMON Remote monitor module Revest, Shamir and Adleman module SHELL User interface module SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol module...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Severity Severity Value Description informational Normal prompts debugging Debugging prompts Information filtering by severity works this way: information with severity value greater than the configured threshold will not be output during the filtering.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Output direction Information channel No. Default channel name Note: NMS = Network Management Station Note: Configurations for the six output directions function independently and take effect only after the information center has been enabled.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration II. Enabling the display of system information on the console After configuring to output system information to the console, you need to enable the associated display function in order to display the output information on the console.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks info-center source { modu-name | default } channel channel-number Configure the source of channel-name } [ debug Required the output information...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks — Enter system view system-view Optional Enable information center info-center enable Enabled by default Optional info-center channel Name the channel with a...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional info-center channel Name the channel with a channel-number name Refer to Table 1-3 for specified channel number channel-name...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks info-center source { modu-name | default } channel channel-number Configure the source of channel-name } [ debug Required the output information...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional By default, the time stamp info-center timestamp Configure the format of trap { log | trap | debugging }...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Note: If no information is input from the user following the current command line prompt, the system will not display any command line prompt after system information output.
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration The log information is in English and the source modules are ARP and CMD. II. Network diagram Netw Netw Netw Netw Netw Netw 1.1.0.1/16 1.1.0.1/16 1.2.0.1/16...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration The following configurations were made on SunOS 4.0 which has similar configurations to the Unix operating systems implemented by other vendors. Step 1: issue the following commands as a root user.
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration II. Network diagram Networ Networ Networ Networ Networ Networ 1.1.0.1/16 1.1.0.1/16 1.2.0.1/16 1.2.0.1/16 Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Figure 1-2 Network diagram for outputting log information to a Linux log host III.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Step 2: Edit the file /etc/syslog.conf as a root user and add the following selector/action pair. # H3C configuration messages local7.info /var/log/H3C/information Note: Be aware of the following issues while editing the /etc/syslog.conf file: Comments must be on a separate line and must begin with the # sign.
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration II. Network diagram console console console Console console console console Console Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Switch Figure 1-3 Network diagram for sending log information to the console III.
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