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Event Log Configuration
Starting and Stopping Event Logging
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Starting and Stopping Event Logging
Enter the Set Log Stop command in an Admin session to stop recording event
messages in the switch Log as shown in the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> set log stop
Enter the Set Log Start command to start recording event message in the switch
log as shown in the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> set log start
Displaying the Event Log
Enter the Show Log command to display the event log. Each message has the
following format:
[ordinal][time_stamp][severity][message_ID][source][message_text]
Table 10-1 describes the message format components.
You can also filter the event log display with the Show Log Display command and
customize the messages that display automatically in the output stream.
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Filtering the Event Log Display
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Controlling Messages in the Output Stream
Table 10-1. 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 hh:mm:ss.ms
UTC yyyy. This time stamp comes from the switch for events that
originate with the switch, and from the workstation for events that
originate with QuickTools.
[severity] The event severity: A–Alarm, C–Critical, W–Warning, I–Informative
[message_ID] A number that identifies the message using the following format: cat-
egory.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 message text