Configuring System Message Logging - Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 User Manual

Chapter 21

Configuring System Message Logging

Configuring System Message
Logging
Table 113 - System Log Message Elements
Element
seq no
timestamp formats:
mm/dd hh:mm:ss
or
hh:mm:ss (short uptime)
or
d h (long uptime)
facility
severity
MNEMONIC
description
548
You can set the severity level of the messages to control the type of messages
displayed on the console and each of the destinations. You can timestamp log
messages or set the syslog source address to enhance real-time debugging and
management.
You can access logged system messages by using the access point command-
line interface (CLI) or by saving them to a properly configured syslog server.
The access point software saves syslog messages in an internal buffer. You can
remotely monitor system messages by accessing the access point through
Telnet or by viewing the logs on a syslog server.
This section describes how to configure system message logging. System log
messages can contain up to 80 characters and a percent sign (%), that follows
the optional sequence number or timestamp information, if configured.
Messages are displayed in this format:
seq no:timestamp: %facility-severity-
MNEMONIC:description
The part of the message preceding the percent sign depends on the setting of
the global configuration command:
service sequence-numbers, service timestamps log
datetime, service timestamps log datetime
[localtime] [msec] [show-timezone], or service
timestamps log uptime
This table describes the elements of
Description
Stamps log messages with a sequence number only if the service
sequence-numbers global configuration command is configured.
For more information, see
Date and time of the message or event. This information appears only if the
timestamps log [datetime | log]
is configured.
For more information, see the
The facility that the message refers to, for example,
A facility can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software. It denotes the source
or the cause of the system message.
Single-digit code from 0...7 that is the severity of the message. For a description of the severity levels,
see Table 115 on page
Text string that uniquely describes the message.
Text string containing detailed information about the event being reported.
This example shows a partial access point system message:
Rockwell Automation Publication 1783-UM006A-EN-P - May 2014
messages.
syslog
Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages on page
Enabling and Disabling Timestamps on Log Messages on page
SNMP, SYS
555.
553.
service
global configuration command
552.
.