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Using ELS

vUse the IBM Nways Event Logging System Messages Guide to determine which messages are not normal.

When initially viewing ELS from the MONITR process, you will see a considerable

amount of information. Because the router cannot buffer and display every packet

under moderate to heavy loads the buffers are ¯ushed. When this occurs the

following message is displayed:

xx messages flushed

The router does not save these messages. When this message appears, tailor the

ELS output to display only that information that is important to the current task you

are monitoring, or use the advanced ELS commands to establish a message buffer.

See ªUsing ELS Message Bufferingº on page 163.

Managing ELS Message Rotation

It is also important to note that the ELS messages continually rotate through the router's buffers. To stop and restart the displaying of ELS messages, use the following key combinations:

Ctrl-Sto pause scrolling

Ctrl-Qto resume scrolling

Ctrl-Pto go back to the last process

You may also want to capture the ELS output to a ®le. You can do this by starting a script ®le or log ®le from your location when Telneting to a router. You can also do this by attaching a PC to the router's console port and starting a log ®le from within the terminal emulation package. This information is needed to help Customer Service diagnose a problem.

Capturing ELS Output Using a Telnet Connection on a UNIX Host

Use a Telnet connection on an AIX or UNIX host to capture the ELS messages on your screen to a ®le on the host. Before beginning, set up ELS for the messages you want to capture using the ELS console commands in ªChapter 13. Con®guring and Monitoring the Event Logging System (ELS)º on page 167.

To capture the ELS output to a ®le on an AIX or UNIX host, follow these steps:

1.From the host, enter telnet router_ip_addr tee local_®le_name router_ip_addr is the IP address of the router

local_®le_nameis the name of the ®le on the host where you want the ELS messages to be saved.

The tee command displays the ELS messages on your screen and, at the same time, copies them to the local ®le.

2.From the OPCON prompt (*), enter t 2. This accesses the MONITR process, which is the process that displays ELS messages on your screen. Depending on which ELS messages you con®gured, you should see ELS messages appearing on the screen.

As long as you are in the MONITR process, all ELS messages will be written to the local ®le. When you exit the MONITR process (by enteringCtrl-P) or terminate the Telnet session, the logging of messages to the local ®le will stop.

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