Displaying the event log
To display the event log, enter the show log command. Each log message has the following format:
[ordinal][time_stamp][severity][message_ID][source][message_text]
Table 6
describes the message format components.
Table 6
Event log message format
Component
[ordinal]
[time_stamp]
[severity]
[message_ID]
[source]
[message_text]
The following is an example of the show log command:
8/20q FC Switch #> show log
[327][day month date time year][I][Eport Port:0/8][Eport State=
E_A0_GET_DOMAIN_ID]
[328][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][FSPF PortUp state=0]
[329][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][Sending init hello]
[330][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][Processing EFP, oxid= 0x8]
[331][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][Eport State = E_A2_IDLE]
[332][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][EFP,WWN=
0x100000c0dd00b845,
len= 0x30]
[333][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][Sending LSU
oxid=0xc:type=1]
[334][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][Send Zone Merge Request]
[335][day month date time year][I][Eport Port: 0/8][LSDB Xchg timer set]
You can also filter the event log display with the show log display command and customize which
messages are displayed automatically in the output stream, as described in the following sections.
• Filtering the event log
• Controlling messages in the output
106 Event log configuration
Description
A number assigned to each message in sequence since the last time the alarm history was
cleared.
The time the alarm was issued in the format <day month date hh:mm:ss.ms zone yyyy>. For
events that originate with the switch, the time stamp comes from the switch; for events that
original with Simple SAN Connection Manager or QuickTools, the time stamp comes from
the workstation.
The event severity: A—Alarm, C—Critical, W—Warning, I—Informative
A number that identifies the message using the following format: category.message_number
The program module or application that generated the event. Sources include Zoning,
Switch, PortApp, EPort, Management Server. Alarms do not include the source.
The text of the message
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