Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
6-3
6371-A2-GB20-10
August 2000
syslog level
level
Specifies the minimum severity level to be logged. Refer to Table 6-1, SYSLOG
Messages, for a list of messages by severity level.
Minimum access level: Administrator/Config
level – The minimum level to be logged. The default is NORM.
The choices for severity level (displayed as high severity to low severity) are as follows:
EMER – emergency, the system is unusable
ERR – error conditions reported
NORM – normal or administrative reporting
INFO – informational reporting
Example: To log EMER and ERR severity levels, enter
syslog level ERR
show log
[
number ]
Displays the contents of the local system error log. (The 100 most recent SYSLOG
entries are kept locally.) The user specifies how many entries they wish to view. Entries
are displayed in reverse order from most recent to oldest.
number – The number of local entries to be seen. Default = 10. Range = 1–100.
NOTE:
The SYSLOG retained locally will be reset at the DSL router if the restart
command is issued. External logs are retained after a DSL router restart.
SYSLOG Events
The following are some of the SYSLOG events that will be reported for defined
severity levels.
Table 6-1.
SYSLOG Messages (1 of 2)
Level
Description
Event
EMER
Emergency and
the system is
Alarm Cleared
g
y
the system is
unusable
Alarm Set
unusable
System Abort
ERR
Error conditions
reported
ARP Table size exceeded
reported
Executable image in flash invalid
Frame received in error