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Setting to Output System Information to a Monitor Terminal
System information can also be output to a monitor terminal, which is a user terminal that has login
connections through the AUX, VTY, or TTY user interface.

Setting to output system information to a monitor terminal

Follow these steps to set to output system information to a monitor terminal:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Enable the information center info-center enable Optional
Enabled by default.
Enable system information
output to Telnet terminal or
dumb terminal
info-center monitor channel
{ channel-number |
channel-name }
Optional
By default, the device outputs
log/debugging/trap information
to a user terminal through
information channel 1.
Configure the output rules of
system information
info-center source
{ modu-name | default }
channel { channel-number |
channel-name } [ { log | trap |
debug } { level severity | state
state } ]*
Optional
Refer to Table 1-4 for the
default output rules of system
information.
Set the format of time stamp in
the output information
info-center timestamp { log |
trap | debugging } { boot |
date | none }
Optional
By default, the time stamp
format of the log and trap
output information is date, and
that of the debugging output
information is boot.
z When there are multiple Telnet users or dumb terminal users, they share some configuration
parameters including module filter, language and severity level threshold. In this case, change to
any such parameter made by one user will also be reflected on all other user terminals.
z To view debugging information of specific modules, you need to set the information type as debug
when setting the system information output rules, and enable debugging for corresponding
modules through the debugging command.

Enabling system information display on a monitor terminal

After setting to output system information to a monitor terminal, you need to enable the associated
display function in order to display the output information on the monitor terminal.