Specifications

296 Implementing IBM System Networking 10Gb Ethernet Switches
Each syslog message has a criticality level associated with it, included in text form as a prefix
to the log message. One of eight different prefixes is used, depending on the condition that
the administrator is being notified of:
򐂰 Level 0 - EMERG: Indicates that the system is unusable.
򐂰 Level 1 - ALERT: Indicates that action should be taken immediately.
򐂰 Level 2 - CRIT: Indicates critical conditions.
򐂰 Level 3 - ERR: Indicates error conditions or operations in error.
򐂰 Level 4 - WARNING: Indicates warning conditions.
򐂰 Level 5 - NOTICE: Indicates a normal but significant condition.
򐂰 Level 6 - INFO: Indicates an information message.
򐂰 Level 7 - DEBUG: Indicates a debug-level message.
Information logged
You can selectively choose what information should be logged by Syslog. You have number
of options:
all All
bgp BGP
cfg Configuration
cli Command-line interface
console Console
dcbx DCB Capability Exchange
difftrak Configuration difference tracking
failover Failover
fcoe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
hotlinks Hot Links
ip Internet protocol
ipv6 IPv6
lacp Link Aggregation Control Protocol
link System port link
lldp LLDP
management Management
mld MLD
netconf NETCONF Configuration Protocol
ntp Network time protocol
ospf OSPF
ospfv3 OSPFv3
rmon Remote monitoring
server Syslog server
spanning-tree-group Spanning Tree Group
ssh Secure Shell
system System
vlag Virtual Link Aggregation
vlan VLAN
vm Virtual machine
vnic VNIC
vrrp Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
web Web