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2 Network OS Message Reference

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Overview of system messages

The following is an example of a RASLog system message.

2011/08/23-22:58:12, [EM-1036], 4,, WARNING, VDX6720-24, Fan 1 is not accessible.

For information on displaying and clearing the Log messages, refer to “Viewing and clearing

RASLog messages” on page 9.

VCS RASLog messages

VCS RASLog messages are supported in the management cluster. A VCS message is generated

from any VCS node and is distributed to all the nodes in the management cluster. The VCS RASLog

messages are used to broadcast fabric-wide events such as node removal and node join from the

cluster.

When a node generates a VCS RASLog message, it is forwarded to the system console, remote

syslog, SNMP, and is distributed to the other nodes in the cluster. The node that receives the VCS

message displays the message in the system console and the message is not forwarded to the

remote syslog and SNMP.

The following is an example of the VCS RASLog message.

2011/08/26-12:40:01, [VCS-1003], 7013/3454, VCS, INFO, VDX6720-60, Event: VCS

node add, Coordinator IP: 10.17.10.31, VCS ID: 1, Status: rBridge ID 1

(10.17.10.32) added to VCS cluster., VcsFabAddRejoin, line: 1450, comp:dcmd,

ltime:2011/06/27-02:47:04:555942.

For information on displaying and clearing the VCS RASLog messages, refer to “Viewing and

clearing RASLog messages” on page 9.

Audit log messages

Event auditing is designed to support post-event audits and problem determination based on

high-frequency events of certain types, such as security violations, firmware downloads, and

configuration. In Network OS v2.1.1, the Audit log messages are saved in the persistent storage.

The storage has a limit of 1024 entries and will wrap around if the number of messages exceed the

limit. The switch can be configured to stream Audit messages to the specified syslog servers. The

Audit log messages are not forwarded to an SNMP management station.

The following is an example of an Audit log message.

AUDIT,2011/08/26-07:51:32 (GMT), [DCM-2001], INFO, DCMCFG,

root/none/127.0.0.1/rpc/cli,, VDX6720-24, Event: noscli start, Status: success,

Info: Successful login attempt through console from 127.0.0.1.

For any given event, Audit messages capture the following information:

• User Name - The name of the user who triggered the action.

• User Role - The access level of the user, such as root or admin.

• Event Name - The name of the event that occurred.

• Status - The status of the event that occurred: success or failure.

• Event Info - Information about the event.