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Section 11
Event Log Configuration
This section describes the following tasks:
 Starting and Stopping Event Logging
 Displaying the Event Log
 Managing the Event Log Configuration
 Clearing the Event Log
 Logging to a Remote Host
 Creating and Downloading a Log File
Event messages originate from the switch or from the management application in
response to events that occur in the fabric. Refer to the SANbox Fibre Channel
Switch Event Message Guide for a complete listing of switch event messages.
Events are classified by the following severity levels:
 Alarm–The alarm level describes events that are disruptive to the
administration or operation of a fabric and require administrator intervention.
Alarms are always logged and always displayed on the screen. Alarm
thresholds can be defined for certain port errors to customize when to
generate an alarm.
 Critical–The critical level describes events that are generally disruptive to
the administration or operation of the fabric, but require no action.
 Warning–The warning level describes events that are generally not
disruptive to the administration or operation of the fabric, but are more
important than the informative level events.
 Informative–The informative level describes routine events associated with a
normal fabric.
11.1
Starting and Stopping Event Logging
Enter the Set Log Stop command to stop recording event messages in the switch
Log as shown in the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> set log stop
Enter the Set Log Start command to start recording event message in the switch
log as shown in the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> set log start