Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Message Reference Guide - Page 26

1 Configuring the syslog message destinations You can filter messages that display on the system console by severity using the errFilterSet command. All messages are still sent to the system message log and syslogd (if configured). Setting the system console severity level You can limit the types of messages that are logged to the console using the errFilterSet command. This command allows you to set the minimum severity level to be logged to the console. All error messages at that level or higher will be logged; all error messages below that level will not be displayed, but they are still recorded. You can choose one of the following severity levels: INFO, WARNING, ERROR, or CRITICAL. To set the severity levels for the system console, perform the following steps. 1. Log in to the switch as admin. 2. Use the errFilterSet [-d console -v severity] command to set the console severity level. The severity can be one of the following: INFO, WARNING, ERROR, or CRITICAL. The severity values are not case-sensitive. For example, to set the filter severity level for the console to ERROR, enter the following command. switch:admin> errfilterset -d console -v error 3. Enter the errFilterSet command to verify the configured filter settings. switch:admin> errfilterset console: filter severity = ERROR SNMP trap recipient An unsolicited message that comes to the management station from the SNMP agent on the device is called a trap. When an event occurs and if the event severity level is at or below the set severity level, the SNMP trap notification, swEventTrap, is sent to the configured trap recipients. The VarBind in the Trap Data Unit contains the corresponding instance of the event index, time information, event severity level, the repeat count, and description. The following severity levels are possible: • None (0) • Critical (1) • Error (2) • Warning (3) • Informational (4) • Debug (5) By default, the severity level is set to None, implying all traps are filtered and therefore no event traps are received. When the severity level is set to Informational, all traps with the severity level of Informational, Warning, Error, and Critical are received. For more information on changing the severity level of swEventTrap, refer to "Changing the swEventTrap severity level" on page 11. NOTE The audit messages are not converted into swEventTrap. SNMP traps are unreliable because the trap recipient does not send any acknowledgment when it receives a trap. Therefore, the SNMP agent cannot determine if the trap was received. 6 Brocade Fabric OS Message Reference 53-1004119-01