HP Cisco MDS 9216 Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference (OL-15956-01 - Page 31
Introduction to System Messages for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, System Log Message Format
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Send documentation comments to [email protected] 1 C H A P T E R Introduction to System Messages for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family This chapter describes system messages, as defined by the syslog protocol (RFC 3164). It describes how to understand the syslog message format and how to capture system messages for review. This chapter contains the following sections: • System Log Message Format, page 1-1 • Capturing System Messages and History, page 1-4 System Log Message Format System log messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are displayed in the following format (see ). Syslog Format On a Resident Switch The format for a resident syslog is: month dd hh:mm:ss switchname facility-severity-MNEMONIC description or month dd hh:mm:ss switchname facility-SLOTnumber-severity-MNEMONIC description or month dd hh:mm:ss switchname facility-STANDBY-severity-MNEMONIC description For example: Nov 1 14:07:58 excal-113 %MODULE-5-MOD_OK: Module 1 is online Nov 1 14:07:58 excal-113 %PORT-3-IF_UNSUPPORTED_TRANSCEIVER: Transceiver for interface fc1/13 is not supported . Warning System Log Message Format Description Element month dd hh:mm:ss switchname facility Description The date and month of the error or event The time of the error or event The name of the switch The facility of the error or event (daemon, kernel, VSHD, or other facility) OL-15956-01 Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference 1-1