Nortel Networks 2300 manual Logging to the Trace Buffer, Saving Trace Messages in a File

Appendix A: Troubleshooting a WS Switch 581

To disable current session logging, type the following command:

23x0# set log current disable

success: change accepted

Logging to the Trace Buffer

Trace logging is enabled by default and stores debug-level output in the WSS trace buffer. To modify trace logging to an event level higher than debug, use the following command:

set log trace severity severity-level

To disable trace logging, use the following command:

set log trace disable

success: change accepted.

(To display the trace log, see “Stopping a Trace” on page 583. For information about the trace function, see “Running Traces” on page 582.)

Saving Trace Messages in a File

To save the accumulated trace data for enabled traces to a file in the WSS switch’s nonvolatile storage, use the following command:

save trace filename

To save trace data into the file trace1 in the subdirectory traces, type the following command:

23x0# save trace traces/trace1

Displaying the Log Configuration

To display your current log configuration, type the following command:

23x0# show log config
Logging console:	enabled
Logging console severity:	INFO
Logging sessions:	enabled
Logging sessions severity:	INFO
Logging buffer:	enabled
Logging buffer severity:	ERROR
Logging buffer size:	400 messages
Logging trace:	enabled
Logging trace severity:	DEBUG
Logging buffer size:	1048576	bytes

Logging server:	192.168.253.11 severity CRITICAL
Current session:	disabled
Current session severity:	INFO

Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide