HP Cisco MDS 9216i Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference (OL-15956-0 - Page 32

System Log Message Format Chapter 1 Introduction to System Messages for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Send documentation comments to [email protected] Warning System Log Message Format Description (continued) Element severity MNEMONIC %$VSAN #%$ description Description Single-digit code from 0 to 7 that indicates the severity of the message Text string that uniquely describes the system message An optional VLAN ID that appears in the description for messages requiring VLAN IDs Text string containing detailed information about the event being reported FACILITY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that indicate the facility to which the system message refers. A facility is a hardware device, a protocol, a feature, or a module of the system software. System message SEVERITY codes range from 0 to 7 and reflect the severity of the condition. The lower the number, the more serious the situation. Table 1-1 lists the severity levels. Table 1-1 System Message Severity Levels Level 0 - emergency 1 - alert 2 - critical 3 - error 4 - warning 5 - notification 6 - informational 7 - debugging Description System unusable Immediate action needed Critical condition Error condition Warning condition Normal but significant condition Informational message only Appears during debugging only MNEMONIC is a code that uniquely identifies the system message. Message-text is a text string that describes the condition. This portion of the message might contain detailed information about the event, including terminal port numbers, network addresses, or addresses that correspond to locations in the system memory address space. Because the information in these variable fields changes from message to message, it is represented here by short strings enclosed in square brackets ([ ]). A decimal number, for example, is represented as [dec]. Table 1-2 lists the representations of variable fields and the type of information in the fields. Table 1-2 Representation of Variable Fields in System Messages Representation [dec] [hex] [char] [chars] Type of Information Decimal number Hexadecimal number Single character Character string Cisco MDS 9000 Family System Messages Reference 1-2 OL-15956-01