HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco NX-OS System Messages Reference (OL-15994-03, July 2 - Page 33

Send document comments to [email protected] 1 C H A P T E R Introduction to System Messages 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. Note The Error Message Decoder (EMD) tool does not support the system messages contained in this book. For the most current information about system messages, refer to the messages in Chapter 2, "System Messages and Recovery Procedures." This chapter includes the following sections: • System Log Message Format, page 1-1 • Capturing System Messages and History, page 1-5 • Displaying Information about System Errors, page 1-5 System Log Message Format System log messages begin with a percent sign (%) and are displayed in the following formats: • syslog Format on a Resident Device, page 1-1 • syslog Format on a Remote-Logging Server, page 1-3 syslog Format on a Resident Device The format for a resident syslog is as follows: 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 . Table 1-1 describes the syslog elements. OL-15994-03 Cisco NX-OS System Messages Reference 1-1