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VRTX Alert Management
Format Description
SeqNumber The chassis log index.
Message ID This is the combination of Agent ID
and Message Number which is unique
for an Agent ID.
Severity Critical, Informational and Warning.
Timestamp Indicates the time of the event.
Message Arg 1 ….
Message Arg N
Arguments passed to the message.
Message Message String
The chassis events can be configured to alert using SNMP, email, and Remote Syslog:
 Email: Configure the event to send an email to the configured email address when an event
occurs. Configure the email server settings (SMTP Server).
 SNMP Trap: Configure the event to send a SNMP trap to the configured destination IP address
when an event occurs. Configure the SNMP trap settings in the chassis to send SNMP trap.
 Remote Syslog: Configure the event to send an alert to an external server.
Configure the Remote
Syslog settings in the chassis to send Remote Syslog.
SEL Log
The System Event Log is a non-volatile repository for system events and certain system configuration
information. The device that receives the commands to access the SEL is referred to as the System
Event Log Device or SEL device. Event message information is normally written into the SEL after
being received by the Event Receiver functionality in the Event Receiver device.
SEL Entries have a unique ‘Record ID’ field. This field is used for retrieving log entries from the SEL.
SEL reading can be done in a random access―manner. That is, SEL Entries can be read in any order
assuming that the Record ID is known.
SEL Record IDs 0000h and FFFFh are reserved for functional use and are not legal ID values. Record
IDs are handles. They are not required to be sequential or consecutive. Applications should not
assume that SEL Record IDs will follow any particular numeric ordering. SEL Records are kept as an
ordered list.