Dell Brocade 6520 Message Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 46

1 Reading the system messages TABLE 4 System message field description (Continued) Variable name Description Sequence Number The error message position in the log. When a new message is added to the log, this number is incremented by 1. The message sequence number starts at 1 after a firmwareDownload and will increase up to a value of 2,147,483,647 (0x7ffffff). The sequence number continues to increase after the message log wraps around, i.e. the oldest message in the log is deleted when a new message is added. The sequence number can be reset to 1 using the errClear command. The sequence number is persistent across power cycles and switch reboots. Flags Severity Level Switch name For most messages, this field contains a space character (null value) indicating that the message is neither an AUDIT or FFDC message. Messages may contain the following values: • FFDC - Indicates that additional first failure data capture information has also been generated for this event. • FID - The Fabric ID that can range from 0 to 128. FID 128 means the message was generated by the default switch instance. • CHASSIS - The message that was generated by the chassis instance. • SLOT number - Indicates the message was generated from slot # blade main CPU. • SLOT #/1 - Indicates the message was generated from slot # blade Co-CPU. The severity of the error, which can be one of the following: • 1 - CRITICAL • 2 - ERROR • 3 - WARNING • 4 - INFO The defined switch name or the chassis name of the switch depending on the action; for example, high availability (HA) messages typically show the chassis name, and login failures show the logical switch name. This value is truncated if it exceeds 16 characters in length. Run either the chassisName command to name the chassis or the switchName command to rename the logical switch. Event-specific information A text string explaining the error encountered and providing parameters supplied by the software at runtime. Reading an Audit message Compared to RASLog error messages, messages flagged as AUDIT provide additional user and system-related information of interest for post-event auditing and troubleshooting the problem. The following example shows the format of the Audit event message. AUDIT, , [], , , ////, /, , The following is a sample Audit event message. 0 AUDIT, 2005/12/10-09:54:03, [SEC-1000], WARNING, SECURITY, JohnSmith/root/192.0.2.2/Telnet/CLI, Domain A/JohnsSwitch, , Incorrect password during login attempt. 24 Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1002749-01