Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI 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..................1-5 1.2 Configuring Information Center..................1-6 1.2.1 Information Center Configuration Task List ............
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration When configuring information center, go to these sections for information you are interested in: Information Center Overview Configuring Information Center...
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Table 1-1 Severity description Severity Severity value Description emergencies The system is unavailable. alerts Information that demands prompt reaction critical Critical information errors Error information...
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Information Default channel Default output destination channel number name Log buffer (Receives log information, a logbuffer buffer inside the router for recording information.) snmpagent SNMP NMS (Receives trap information)
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Module name Description Domain Name System module Ethernet module FTPS FTP Server module GARP Generic Attribute Registration Protocol module HABP Huawei Authentication Bypass Protocol module...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Module name Description VLAN Virtual Local Area Network module Virtual Operating System module VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol module Virtual Type Terminal module To sum up, the major task of the information center is to output the three types of information of the modules onto the ten channels in terms of the eight severity levels and according to the user’s settings, and then redirect the system information from ten...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration II. Timestamp Timestamp records the time when system information is generated to allow users to check and identify system events. Note that there is a space between the timestamp and sysname (host name) fields.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Task Remarks Setting to Output System Information to the Console Optional Setting to Output System Information to a Monitor Terminal Optional Setting to Output System Information to a Log Host...
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration Table 1-4 Default output rules for different output destinations TRAP DEBUG Module Output destina Enable Enable Enable allowe Severit Severit Severit tion d/disab d/disab d/disab...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Enable the display of log Optional information on the terminal logging Enabled by default console Enable the display of trap...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration II. Enabling the display of system information on a monitor terminal After setting to output system information to a monitor terminal, you need to enable the associated display function in order to display the output information on the monitor terminal.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional Configure the source No source interface is info-center loghost interface through which configured by default, and source interface-type...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks info-center source { module-name | default } channel Optional { channel-number | Configure the output rules channel-name } [ debug...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Optional info-center timestamp The time stamp format for Configure the format of { debugging | log | trap }...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration 1.2.8 Configuring Synchronous Information Output Synchronous information output refers to the feature that if the user’s input is interrupted by system output such as log, trap, or debugging information, then after the...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration To do… Use the command… Remarks Display the state of the display trapbuffer [ size trap buffer and the trap Available in any view buffersize ]...
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Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration [Sysname] info-center source default channel loghost debug state off log state off trap state off Caution: As the default system configurations for different channels are different, you need to...
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration 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-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration [Sysname] info-center enable # Specify the host with IP address 1.2.0.1/16 as the log host, use channel loghost to output log information (optional, loghost by default), and specify local5 as the logging facility.
Operation Manual – Information Center H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration 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-EI Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 Information Center Configuration III. Configuration procedure # Enable information center. <Sysname> system-view [Sysname] info-center enable # Use channel console to output log information to the console (optional, console by default).
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