246 Monitoring and Logging System InformationTo view the log messages in the system startup and operational log files, youmust download the log files to an administrative host. The startup log files arenamed slogX.txt and the operation log files are named ologX.txt. Whenenabled, the system stores the startup and operation log files for the last threeswitch boots. The current log files have a zero (0) in the file name (replacingthe X in the name as shown above), the prior log files contain a one (1) in thename, and the oldest log files contain a two (2) in the name. For moreinformation about downloading files, see "Managing Images and Files" onpage 359.What Is the Log Message Format?The first part of the log message up to the first left bracket is fixed by theSyslog standard (RFC 3164). The second part up to the two percent signs isstandardized for all Dell Networking logs. The variable text of the log messagefollows. The log message is limited to 96 bytes.Each log message uses the following format:• PRI—This consists of the facility code (see RFC 3164) multiplied by 8 andadded to the severity. The log messages use the local7 facility code (23).This implies that a message of severity 0 will have a priority of 184 and amessage of severity 7 will have a priority of 191.• Timestamp—This is the system up time. For systems that use SNTP, thisis UTC. When time zones are enabled, local time will be used.• Host IP address—This is the IP address of the local system.
