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System Log Message Format
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Warning System Log Message Format Description (continued)
Element
severity
MNEMONIC
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description
FACILITY
system message refers. A facility is a hardware device, a protocol, a feature, or a module of the system
software.
System message
the number, the more serious the situation.
Table 1-1
Level
0 – emergency
1 – alert
2 – critical
3 – error
4 – warning
5 – notification
6 – informational
7 – debugging
MNEMONIC
Message-text
detailed information about the event, including terminal port numbers, network addresses, or addresses
that correspond to locations in the system memory address space. Because the information in these
variable fields changes from message to message, it is represented here by short strings enclosed in
square brackets (
Table 1-2
Table 1-2
Representation
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[hex]
[char]
[chars]
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Description
Single-digit code from 0 to 7 that indicates the severity of the message
Text string that uniquely describes the system message
An optional VLAN ID that appears in the description for messages requiring
VLAN IDs
Text string containing detailed information about the event being reported
is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the facility to which the
codes range from 0 to 7 and reflect the severity of the condition. The lower
SEVERITY
System Message Severity Levels
Description
System unusable
Immediate action needed
Critical condition
Error condition
Warning condition
Normal but significant condition
Informational message only
Appears during debugging only
is a code that uniquely identifies the system message.
is a text string that describes the condition. This portion of the message might contain
). A decimal number, for example, is represented as
[ ]
lists the representations of variable fields and the type of information in the fields.
Representation of Variable Fields in System Messages
Type of Information
Decimal number
Hexadecimal number
Single character
Character string
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Table 1-1 lists the severity levels.
.
[dec]
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