Brocade Fabric OS Documentation Addendum v6.1.2_cee (53-1001216-01, June 2009)

30 Fabric OS Documentation Addendum
53-1001216-01
Updates to chapter 1, Introduction to System messages
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2009/02/10-14:13:34, [SS-1001], 87, SLOT 6/1 | FFDC | CHASSIS, WARNING,
ESNSVT_DCX, supportSave's upload operation to host IP address aborted
2009/02/10-15:44:51, [SEC-1203], 89, SLOT 6 | FFDC | FID 128, INFO, ESNSVT_DCX,
Login information: Login successful via TELNET/SSH/RSH. IP Addr:168.159.16.128
The fields in the error message are described in Table 3
TABLE 3 System Message Field Description
Example Variable Name Description
2004/07/22-10:12:33 Date and Time
Stamp
The system time (UTC) when the message was generated on the
switch. The RASLog subsystem supports an internationalized
timestamp format based on the “LOCAL” setting.
[EM-1031] Message Module
and Message
Number
The message module and number. These values uniquely identify
each message in the Fabric OS and reference the cause and
actions recommended in this manual. Note that not all message
numbers are used; there can be gaps in the numeric message
sequence.
4 Sequence Number The error message position in the log. When a new message is
added to the log, this number is incremented by 1. When this
message reaches the last position in the error log and becomes
the oldest message in the log, it is deleted when a new message is
added.
The message sequence number starts at 1 after a
firmwareDownload and will increase up to a value of
2,147,483,647 (0x7ffffff).
The sequence number will continue to increase beyond the
storage limit of 1024 messages. The sequence number can be
reset to 1 using the errClear command. The sequence number is
persistent across power cycles and switch reboots.
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Audit and/or
FFDC/SLOT/CHASS
IS/FID Flags
For most messages, this field contains a space character (null
value) indicating that the message is neither an AUDIT or FFDC
message. Messages may contain the following values:
AUDIT indicates that this message is for a security issue.
FFDC indicates that additional first failure data capture
information has also been generated for this event.
FID is the Fabric ID that can range between 0 to 128. FID 128
means the message was generated by default switch instance.
CHASSIS is the message that was generated by chassis instance.
SLOT number indicates the message was generated from slot #
blade main CPU.
SLOT #/1 indicates the message was generated from slot # blade
Co-CPU.
AUDIT:FFDC indicates that the message is for a security issue and
additional FFDC information has been generated.
ERROR Severity Level The severity of the error:
1 = Critical
2 = Error
3 = Warning
4 = Info