Cabletron Systems ZX-250 Switch User Manual


 
4-10 SmartCell ZX-250 User Guide
Events and Alarms Switch Administration
4.4.2 Viewing Events and Alarms
Use the show events command to view a list of the currently logged events. For example,
SmartCell ZX # show events
Index(ALL) :
0 MINOR EVENT 000:00:08:410
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SAAL connection has become active, initiated by the peer
Port ID 0x0000000b
Protocol 0x02
1 MINOR EVENT 000:00:08:578
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SAAL connection has become active, initiated by the peer
Port ID 0x0000000b
Protocol 0x02
2 MINOR EVENT 000:00:29:560
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Sendto failed for IP address 206.61.231.153
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Events are displayed in the following format:
U Event number — The index number of the event in the circular buffer
U Event ID — Unique ID assigned to the event
U Time — Time of event, in switch up-time in hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds
U Category — Whether this event is critical, major, minor, or informational
U Object — The object affected by the event (port, LEC, and so on)
U Description — Brief message describing the event
Event messages can be automatically displayed on the SmartCell ZX-250 console. Use the
set EventDisplay
command to display events on the console as they occur:
SmartCell ZX # set eventdisplay
EventDisplay(OFF) : on
SmartCell ZX #
2p›F Depending on the activity of your SmartCell ZX-250, the appearance of events on
the SmartCell ZX-250 may be too frequent to use the SmartCell ZX-250 console
comfortably. It is recommended that you turn on the automatic display of events
only when troubleshooting.