Events and Alarms

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4.4.2Viewing Events and Alarms

Use the show events command to view a list of the currently logged events. For example,

SmartCell ZX # show events

Index(ALL)

:

0 MINOR EVENT

000:00:08:410

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SAAL connection has become active, initiated by the peer

Port ID 0x0000000b

 

Protocol

0x02

 

1 MINOR

EVENT

000:00:08:578

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SAAL connection has become active, initiated by the peer

Port ID 0x0000000b

Protocol 0x02

2 MINOR EVENT

000:00:29:560

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Sendto failed for IP address 206.61.231.153

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Events are displayed in the following format:

Event number — The index number of the event in the circular buffer

Event ID — A unique ID assigned to the event

Time — Time of event, in switch up-time in hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds

Category — Whether this event is critical, major, minor, or informational

Object — The object affected by the event (port, LEC, and so on)

Description — Brief message describing the event

Event messages can be automatically displayed on the SmartCell 6A000 console. Use the set EventDisplay command to display events on the console as they occur:

SmartCell ZX # set eventdisplay

EventDisplay(OFF)

: on

SmartCell ZX #

Note Depending on the activity of your SmartCell 6A000, the appearance of events on the SmartCell 6A000 may be too frequent to use the SmartCell 6A000 console comfortably. It is recommended that you turn on the automatic display of events only when troubleshooting.

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