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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3040 for FSC System Message Guide

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System Message Overview

This guide describes the switch system messages. During operation, the system software sends these

messages to the console (and, optionally, to a logging server on another system). Not all system

messages indicate problems with your system. Some messages are purely informational, whereas others

can help diagnose problems with communications lines, internal hardware, or the system software. This

guide also includes error messages that appear when the system fails.

For information about Cisco IOS system messages that are not specific to this switch, see the Cisco IOS

Software System Messages for Cisco IOS Release 12.2 on www.cisco.com.

This chapter contains these sections:

• How to Read System Messages, page 1-1

• Error Message Traceback Reports, page 1-2

How to Read System Messages

System log messages can contain up to 80 characters and a percent sign (%), which follows the optional

sequence number or time stamp information, if configured. Messages are displayed in this format:

seq no:timestamp: %facility-severity-MNEMONIC:description

By default, a switch sends the output from system messages to a logging process.

Each system message begins with a percent sign (%) and is structured as follows:

%FACILITY-SEVERITY-MNEMONIC: Message-text

• FACILITY is a code consisting of two or more uppercase letters that show the facility to which the

message refers. A facility can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software.

Table 1-1 lists the switch facility codes. These messages are described in Chapter 2, “Message and

Recovery Procedures,” in alphabetical order by facility code, with the most severe (lowest number)

errors described first.

• SEVERITY is a single-digit code from 0 to 7 that reflects the severity of the condition. The lower

the number, the more serious the situation. Table 1-1 lists the message severity levels.

Table 1-1 Message Severity Levels

Severity Level Description

0 – emergency System is unusable.

1 – alert Immediate action required.