1–Events and Event Logging
Displaying the Events Using the Command Line Interface
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In the CLI, each message has the following format:
[ordinal][time_stamp][severity][source][message_ID][message_text]
Here is a sample of an informative-level message from the Switch source:
[1][Wed May 26 12:30:29.965 UTC 2004][I][8400.0022][Switch][Successful login user
(snmp@IB-session6) with admin privilege]
For more information about the CLI commands, refer to the Command Line
Interface Guide for your switch.
Component Description
[ordinal] A number assigned to each message in sequence since that last
time the alarm history was cleared.
[time_stamp] The time the alarm was issued in the format
day-month-hh:mm:ss:ms-yyyy. This time stamp comes from the
switch for events that originate with the switch, and from the
workstation for events that originate from Enterprise Fabric
Suite.
[severity] The event severity: A–Alarm, C–Critical, W–Warning, I–Informa-
tive.
[source] The program module or application that generated the event.
Sources include Zoning, Switch, PortApp, EPort, Management
Server. Alarms do not include the source.
[message_ID] A number that identifies the message using the following format:
category.message_number
[message_text] The alarm message text