10Event Log Configuration; Starting And Stopping Event Logging; Displaying The Event Log; Event Log Message Format - HP StorageWorks SN6000 Command Line Interface Manual

10 Event Log Configuration
Event messages originate from the switch or from the management application in response to events that
occur in the fabric. For a complete listing of switch event messages, see the HP StorageWorks 8/20q and
SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Event Message Reference Guide.
Events are classified by the following severity levels:
• Alarm—The alarm level describes events that are disruptive to the administration or operation of a
fabric and require administrator intervention.
• Critical—The critical level describes events that are generally disruptive to the administration or
operation of the fabric, but require no action.
• Warning—The warning level describes events that are generally not disruptive to the administration or
operation of the fabric, but are more important than the informative level events.
• Informative—The informative level describes routine events associated with a normal fabric.

Starting and stopping event logging

To stop recording event messages in the switch log, enter the set log stop command in an Admin
session, as shown in the following example:
SN6000 FC Switch (admin) #> set log stop
To start recording event messages in the switch log, enter the set log start command in an Admin
session, as shown in the following example:
SN6000 FC Switch (admin) #> set log start

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 5 describes the message format components.
Table 5

Event log message format

Component
[ordinal]
[time_stamp]
[severity]
[message_ID]
[source]
[message_text]
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
originate with Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools, or Enterprise Fabric
Management Suite, 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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