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Components of an Event Message

Time/date Severity

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failed. Facility FID Message body

Time/d ate- Tim e and Da te of t he even t
Severity- Severity can be one of those listed below
Facility- The system module that reported the message
FID- The kernel ID of the Facility
Message Body- The contents of the message

Severity Level Definitions (highest to lowest)

Emergency—Specifies emergency messages. These messages are not distributed
to all users. Emergency priority messages are logged into a separate file for
reviewing.
Alert—Specifies important messages that require immediate attention. These
messages are distributed to all users.
Critical—Specifies critical messages not classified as errors, such as hardware
problems. Critical and higher-priority messages are sent to the system console.
Error—Specifies any messages that represent error conditions, such as an
unsuccessful disk write.
Warning—Specifies any messages for abnormal, but recoverable, conditions.
Notice—Specifies important informational messages. Messages without a priority
designation are mapped into this priority message.
Information—Specifies informational messages. These messages are useful in
analyzing the system.
Debug—Specifies debugging messages.
1.6.5 Error Codes from the Sun StorEdge 5310 NAS LCD Display and syslog
This section details the specific error messages sent through e-mail, SNMP
notification, the LCD panel, and the system log to notify the administrator in the
event of a system error. SysMon, the monitoring thread in the Sun StorEdge 5310