Nortel Networks 2300 manual Logging to the Console, Logging Messages to a Syslog Server

Appendix A: Troubleshooting a WS Switch 579

SYSJun0217:41:35.176214ERRORnos_vms_port?add:Failedtosetdefaultvlan v1 an:4096 for port 3 rc 1

To filter the event log by WSS Software area, use the facility facility-namekeyword. For a list of facilities for which you can view event messages, type the following command:

23x0# show log buffer facility ?

<facility name> Select one of: KERNEL, AAA, SYSLOGD, ACL, APM,

ARP,ASO,BOOT,CLI,CLUSTER,COPP,CRYPTO,DOT1X,ENCAP,ETHERNET,GATEWAY, HTTPD, IGMP, IP, MISC, NOSE, NP, RAND, RESOLV, RIB, ROAM, ROGUE, SM, SNMPD, SPAN,STORE,SYS,TAGMGR,TBRIDGE,TCPSSL,TELNET,TFTP,TLS,TUNNEL,VLAN, X509, XML, AP, RAPDA, WEBVIEW, EAP, PORTCONFIG, FP.

To clear the buffer, type the following command:

23x0# clear log buffer

To disable logging to the system buffer, type the following command:

23x0# set log buffer disable

Logging to the Console

By default, console logging is enabled and messages at the error level and higher are sent to the console.

To modify console logging, use the following command:

set log console severity severity-level

(See Table 38 on page 576 for information on severity levels.)

For example, to set logging to the console for events at the critical severity level and higher, type the following command:

23x0# set log console severity critical

success: command accepted.

To disable console logging, type the following command:

23x0# set log console disable

success: change accepted.

The console is always available, but it has the following limitations:

•Console logging is slow.

•Messages logged to the console are dropped if the console output buffer overflows. WSS Software displays a message indicating the number of messages dropped.

•If you type anything to the console, the typing disables log output to the console until you press the Enter key.

Logging Messages to a Syslog Server

To send event messages to a syslog server, use the following command:

set log server ip-addrseverity severity-level[local-facility facility-name]enable

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