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Troubleshooting
Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems
Table C-1.
Event Log Control Keys
CLI: Displaying the Event Log
To display messages recorded in the event log from the CLI, enter the
show
logging
command. Keyword searches are supported.
Examples.
To display all Event Log messages that have “system” in the
message text or module name, enter the following command:
ProCurve# show logging -a system
To display all Event Log messages recorded since the last reboot that have the
word, “system”, in the message text or module name, enter:
ProCurve# show logging system
Key
Action
[N]
Advances the display by one page (next page).
[P]
Rolls back the display by one page (previous page).
[v]
Advances display by one event (down one line).
[^]
Rolls back display by one event (up one line).
[E]
Advances to the end of the log.
[H]
Displays Help for the Event Log.
Syntax:
show logging [-a, -r] [<
search-text
>]
By default, the
show logging
command displays the log
messages recorded since the last reboot in chronological
order.
-a
displays all recorded log messages, including those
before the last reboot.
-r
displays all recorded log messages, with the most recent
entries listed first.
<
search-text
>
displays all Event Log entries that contain the
specified text. Use a
<
search-text
>
value with
-a
or
-r
to
further filter
show logging
command output.
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