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Log Channels

Message Logging

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Issue 1, December 2008

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The following options, in

Table 16-4

, are available for most but not all log channel

options. They are discussed here for convenience and will not be repeated since they
appear for each of the destination types described later in this section.

Table 16-4 Destination/Output Options

Field Name

Description

Format Timestamp

This checkbox controls whether 8950
AAA includes the timestamp in the logged
message.

For example,

2008/01/21 13:45:30.870

is the timestamp in the following message:

2003/01/21 13:45:30.870

8950 AAA: Starting server

initialization

Format Area

This checkbox controls whether 8950
AAA includes the log area in the log
message.

The log area is the part of the 8950 AAA
server which logged the message.

For example,

is the log area in

the following message:

2008/01/21 13:45:30.870

8950 AAA: Starting server

initialization

Format Level

This pull-down provides three options for
defining how the log level is formatted
within a log message. The options are:

OFF - Never include the log level in

the message.

AUTO - Include the log level in the log

message only when the level is more
severe than Info, that is, Notice,
Warning,
or Error.

ON - Always include the log level in

the message.