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HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Command Line Interface Guide 101
10 Event Log Configuration
Event messages originate from the switch or from the management application in response to events that
occur in the fabric. For a complete listing of switch event messages, see the HP StorageWorks 8/20q and
SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Event Message Reference Guide .
Events are classified by the following severity levels:
• Alarm —The alarm level describes events that are disruptive to the administration or operation of a
fabric and require administrator intervention.
• Critical —The critical level describes events that are generally disruptive to the administration or
operation of the fabric, but require no action.
• Warning —The warning level describes events that are generally not disruptive to the administration or
operation of the fabric, but are more important than the informative level events.
• Informative —The informative level describes routine events associated with a normal fabric.
Starting and stopping event logging
To stop recording event messages in the switch log, enter the
set log stop
command in an Admin
session, as shown in the following example:
SN6000 FC Switch (admin) #> set log stop
To start recording event messages in the switch log, enter the
set log start
command in an Admin
session, as shown in the following example:
SN6000 FC Switch (admin) #> set log start
Displaying the event log
To display the event log, enter the
show log
command. Each log message has the following format:
[ordinal][time_stamp][severity][message_ID][source][message_text]
Table 5 describes the message format components.
Table 5 Event log message format
Component Description
[ordinal]
A number assigned to each message in sequence since the last time the alarm history was
cleared.
[time_stamp]
The time the alarm was issued in the format <day month date hh:mm:ss.ms zone yyyy>. For
events that originate with the switch, the time stamp comes from the switch; for events that
originate with Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools, or Enterprise Fabric
Management Suite, the time stamp comes from the workstation.
[severity]
The event severity: A—Alarm, C—Critical, W—Warning, I—Informative
[message_ID]
A number that identifies the message using the following format: category.message_number
[source]
The program module or application that generated the event. Sources include Zoning,
Switch, PortApp, EPort, Management Server. Alarms do not include the source.
[message_text]
The text of the message