M A G N U M 6 K S W I T C H E S , M N S - 6 K U S E R G U I D E272System EventsAll events occurring on the Magnum 6K family of switches are logged. The events can beescriptionas shown belowCode D0 Emergency (or Fatal) system is unusable – called “fatal” in showlog command1 Alert: action must be taken immediately2 Critical: critical conditions3 nditionsError: error co4 Warning: warning conditions5 Notice: normal but significant condition – called “note” in show logcommand6 Informational: informational messages7 Debug: debug-level messagesA few nt to• y def• The event log is now automatically saved to flash, so rebooting will not loosethe event logs are written on the flash, once the flashpoi note about logsB ault, the logging is limited to the first six levelsthem. NOTE – sincememory is full, the logs stop writing. It is important to erase the log periodicallyor use syslog capability to download the logs to a syslog server (syslog is availableon MNS-6K-SECURE only)• The event log now includes more information, because of the additionalflexibility built into the log engine. For example, it now logs the IP address anduser name of a remote user loginThe log size parameter is now• redefined as the max size of the log that is saved toflash. More events might appear in the log as they happen, but the whole list willbe trimmed to the specified max size when a save command is issued, or thesystem rebooted.These logs are in compliance with the definitions of RFC 3164, though not all the nuancesof the syslog are implemented as specified by the RFC.The ‘show log’ command displays the log information and the ‘clear log’ commandclears the log entries.
