Cabletron Systems ZX-250 manual Viewing Events and Alarms, SmartCell ZX # set eventdisplay

Events and Alarms Switch Administration

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:

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

UEvent ID — Unique ID assigned to the event

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

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

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

UDescription — Brief message describing the event

Event messages can be automatically displayed on the SmartCell ZX-250 console. Use the set EventDisplay command to display events on the console as they occur:

SmartCell ZX # set eventdisplay

EventDisplay(OFF) : on

SmartCell ZX #

2p›F Depending on the activity of your SmartCell ZX-250, the appearance of events on the SmartCell ZX-250 may be too frequent to use the SmartCell ZX-250 console comfortably. It is recommended that you turn on the automatic display of events only when troubleshooting.

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