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Introduction to System Messages
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Overview of system messages

This guide supports Fabric OS v7.1.0 and documents system messages that can help you diagnose
and fix problems with a switch or fabric. The messages are organized alphabetically by module
name. A module is a subsystem in the Fabric OS. Each module generates a set of numbered
messages. For each message, this guide provides message text, probable cause, recommended
action, and severity level. There may be more than one cause and more than one recommended
action for any given message. This guide discusses the most probable cause and typical action
recommended.

System message types

Fabric OS supports three types of system messages. A system message can be of one or more of
the following types:
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Fabric OS supports a different methodology for storing and accessing each type of message.
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Overview of system messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Configuring the syslog message destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Changing the severity level of swEventTrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Commands for displaying and configuring the system message logs . . . . . 13
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Displaying message content on switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Configuring system messages and attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Displaying system message logs and attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Clearing the system message logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Reading the system messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Responding to a system message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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System module descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
RASLog messages
Audit log messages
FFDC messages
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