10 Switch Logging; Logging Overview - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Logging Overview

Whether you are troubleshooting, configuring, or simply monitoring the switch, you may find
it useful to view a history of various switch activities. The Logging submenu contains a list of
commands for viewing and configuring logging on the system. To enter the logging submenu,
enter
at the system prompt. Enter a question mark ( ) and then press
ing list of commands:
Commands in the submenu are described here.
System Log Messages
The command is used to configure how system log messages, like diagnostic and error
messages, are handled on the switch. See Configuring the Syslog Parameters on page 10-2.
Switch Logging Parameters
The and remaining commands in the submenu are part of the Switch Logging feature,
which is a separate logging mechanism. The
logging parameters of various switch activities such as
Configuring Switch Logging on page 10-6.
The other commands listed in the submenu above are support commands for Switch Logging.
• command—displays the UI command entries in the mpm.log file, which is one of
the possible destinations for Switch Logging data. See Displaying the Command History
Entries in the MPM Log on page 10-9.
• command—displays the connection entries in the mpm.log file. See Displaying the
Connection Entries in the MPM Log on page 10-10.
• command—displays the screen capture entries in the mpm.log file. See Displaying
Screen (Console) Capture Entries in the MPM Log on page 10-11.
• command—shows the debug entries in the mpm.log file. See Displaying Debug
Entries in the MPM Log on page 10-13.
• command—shows the Secure Access violation event entries in the mpm.log file. See
Displaying Secure Access Entries in the MPM Log on page 10-13.

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command is used for configuring the
and Telnet, and is described in
FTP
to display the follow-
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