Reading A Ras System Message - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Reference Manual

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Reading a RAS System Message

2. Verify the configuration:
3. Enable the audit feature:
4. Configure up to six syslog servers to receive the audit events that will be generated through
5. Configure syslog on the switch to point to the configured servers' IP addresses.
6. Verify the switch's syslog configuration:

Reading a RAS System Message

This section provides information about reading system messages.
The following example shows the format of the RAS system error message:
The following example shows a sample message from the error log:
The fields in the error message are described in
TABLE 3
Example
2004/07/22-10:12:33 Date and Time
[EM-1031]
8
switch:admin> auditcfg --show
Audit filter is enabled.
1-ZONE
2-SECURITY
3-CONFIGURATION
4-FIRMWARE
5-FABRIC
switch:admin> auditcfg --enable
Audit filter is enabled.
syslog (procedure will vary depending on server type).
switch:admin> syslogdipadd 10.128.128.160
switch:admin> syslogdipshow
syslog.1 192.168.163.234
syslog.2 10.128.128.160
<timestamp>, [<Event ID>], <Sequence Number>, <Flags>,<Severity>,<Switch
name>, <Event-specific information>
2004/07/22-10:12:33, [EM-1031], 4,, ERROR, switchname, Slot 7 ejector not
closed
System Message Field Description
Variable Name
Stamp
Message Module
and Message
Number
Table 3.:
Description
The system time (UTC) when the message was generated on the
switch. The RASLog subsystem supports an internationalized
timestamp format base on the "LOCAL" setting.
The message module and number. These values uniquely identify
each message in the Fabric OS and reference the cause and
actions recommended in this manual. Note that not all message
numbers are used; there can be gaps in the numeric message
sequence.
Fabric OS Message Reference
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