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FATAL – Indicates tha t a non-recoverable system problem has occurred. The use r should reboot
the system or component and verify that the subsystem is fully functional to det ermine whether
the fault has been corrected. If the problem persists, t he user should contact the supplier.
ERROR – Indicates that a serious system error has occurred which might be recoverable. If the
system exhibits any instability, the user should reboot the system or component. If errors persist,
the user should immediately contact the supplier's technical support.
ALARM - Indicates that a serious problem has occurred which degrades capacity or service. If
the error is recoverable, the user should correct the failure. If the alarm/failure pe rsists, the user
should reboot the system at a convenient time. If the problem is still not cleared, the user should
contact the supplier.
WARN I N G - Indicates that a recoverable problem has occurred. The user does not need to take
action.
PARTI AL - When more information is available, Partial causes additional message-related
details to be displayed.
CONFIGURATION: An informational message indicating changes that a user has made to the
system configuration. The user does not need to take any acti on.
INFO: Informational messages that occur during a system or component boot. The user does
not need to take any action.
PERIODIC: An informational message containing periodic statistics. The user does not need
to take action.
Debug message levels 1 through 5: Debug messages are for supplier and/or Cisco engineering use
and are not necessarily indicative of actions that an end user may need to ta ke.
DEBUG1 – Messages that describe the states of connections and links.
DEBUG2 – Messages that describe major configuration chang es or operations.
DEBUG3 – Messages that describe the I/O flow.
DEBUG4 – Messages that contain the packet dumps within an I/O flow. I/O flows contain
multiple packets.
DEBUG5 – Messages that contain the packet dumps within an I/O flow. I/O flows contain
multiple packets.
Note When configuring the log levels to display debug messages, care should be taken to ensure that system
performance issues are weighed against troubleshooting requiremen ts. Generally, the higher the debug
number the more information is written to the log. Specifically, debug 3-5 have the most effect on system
performance.
Preset Tab
The Preset tab allows the user to quickly change log level settings for all software modules on the switch.