3Com WX3000 operation manual Information Center Overview, Introduction to Information Center

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The term switch used throughout this document refers to a switching device in a generic sense or the switching engine of a WX3000 series.

The sample output information in this manual was created on the WX3024. The output information on your device may vary.

Information Center Overview

Introduction to Information Center

Acting as the system information hub, information center classifies and manages system information. Together with the debugging function (the debugging command), information center offers a powerful support for network administrators and developers in monitoring network performance and diagnosing network problems.

The information center of the system has the following features:

Classification of system information

The system is available with three types of information:

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Log information Trap information Debugging information

Eight levels of system information

The information is classified into eight levels by severity and can be filtered by level. More emergent information has a smaller severity level.

Table 1-1Severity description

Severity	Severity value	Description
emergencies	1	The system is unavailable.
alerts	2	Information that demands prompt reaction
critical	3	Critical information
errors	4	Error information
warnings	5	Warnings
notifications	6	Normal information that needs to be noticed
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