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Appendix A:Troubleshooting a WSS 673
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide
Log message components
Each log message contains the following components:
Logging destinations and levels
A logging destination is the location to which logged event messages are sent for storage or display. By default, only
session logging is disabled. You can enable or disable logging to each destination and filter the messages by the severity
of the logged event or condition. (For details, see Table 3: “Event severity levels” on page 674.)
System events and conditions at different severity levels can be logged to multiple destinations. By default, events at the
error level and higher are posted to the console and to the log buffer. Debug output is logged to the trace buffer by
default. Table 2 summarizes the destinations and defaults for system log messages.
Specifying a severity level sends log messages for events or conditions at that level or higher to the logging destination.
Table 3 lists the severity levels and their descriptions. (For defaults, see Table 2: “System log destinations and defaults”
on page 673.)
Field Description
Facility Portion of WSS Software that is affected
Date Time and date the message is generated
Severity Severity level of the message. (See Table 3: “Event severity levels” on page 674.)
Tag Identifier for the message
Message Description of the error condition
Table 2: System log destinations and defaults
Destination Definition Default Operation and Severity Level
buffer Sends log information to the
nonvolatile system buffer.
Buffer is enabled and shows error-level events.
console Sends log information to the
console.
Console is enabled and shows error-level events.
current Sends log information to the
current Telnet or console session.
Settings for the type of session that the user is
currently having with the WSS
server
ip-address
Sends log information to the
syslog server at the specified IP
address.
Server is set during configuration and displays
error-level events.
sessions Sets defaults for Telnet sessions. Logging is disabled and shows information-level
events when enabled.
trace Sends log information to the
volatile trace buffer.
Trace is enabled and shows debug output.