Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001778-01 manual Configuring debugging options for the provider

Debugging and logging options configuration 3

Configuring debugging options for the provider

1.Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2.Click Debug in the menu tree (see Figure 24 on page 40).

The content pane displays the current debugging configuration for the provider.

3.To enable debugging:

a.Check the Enable Debug logging check box.

b.Click one of the following:

•Dynamic Update

Update the configuration immediately, when you click Apply. The configuration changes are not saved when the server is stopped.

•File Update

Save the changes to the configuration file when you click Apply. The configuration changes are not reflected until you restart the server. The changes are written to the configuration file shown in the Debug Configuration file field; you can click Select File to select a different file.

c.If you checked the Enable Debugging option, check the debug options you want to log. You can set the following debug options:

•Exception

•Operation

•Event

•Configuration

•Switch Data

•Switch XML Data

•Threadlock

d.If you checked the Exception debug option, select the exception level from the drop-down list.

You set an exception level to suppress logging unwanted exceptions. Setting an exception level causes the SMI-A to log all exceptions of that level and lower. For example, setting an exception level of 3 logs exceptions having values of 1, 2, and 3, but does not log level 4 exceptions.

The exception level values are:

0	No exceptions are logged.
1 - Fatal	Exceptions that affect further functioning of the SMI-A. For example,
	exceptions when rpcd fails on the switch.
2 - Error	Exceptions that are important and directly affect client operation. For
	example, an exception when the call for getting Brocade_SwitchFCPort
	information fails.

3 - Warning Exceptions that need user attention, but do not directly affect SMI-A functionality. For example, an exception logged when the password is expiring on the proxy switch.

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