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SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide 9-7
Troubleshooting Events and Alarms
Both events and alarms are stored within circular memory buffers. When the buffers become full, older events and
alarms are overwritten by newer entries. Both events and alarms are stored in shared RAM. However, the 40 most
recent alarms are also stored in flash RAM. Storing these 40 alarms in flash RAM makes them persistent between
reboots of the SmartSwitch 6500, and provides information about the state of the switch prior to reboot.
Note Alarms are collected and stored in flash RAM in groups of four. As a result, some
of the most recent alarms may not be persistent. For example, there are 24 (6 times
4) alarms stored in flash RAM. If a 25th alarm occurs, and the switch is rebooted,
only the 24 alarms are persistent. The 25th alarm is dropped because the number
of alarms (after 24) did not reached the next multiple of four (28).
9.5.2 Viewing Events and Alarms
Use the show events command to view a list of the currently logged events. For example,
Smart6500 # show events
Index(ALL) :
0 33554474 MAJOR EVENT 000:00:04:311
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LES ReadServerConfig: Unable to open config file les.db
1 33554653 INFO EVENT 000:00:04:320
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LECS Database non existing - creating default ELAN
2 117571585 MINOR EVENT 000:00:07:341
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SAAL connection has become active, initiated locally
Port ID 0x01c41000
Protocol 0x02
3 117571585 MINOR EVENT 000:00:07:585
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SAAL connection has become active, initiated locally
More(/q)?:
Events are displayed in the following format:
• Event number — The index number of the event in the circular buffer
• Event ID — A unique ID assigned to the event
• Category — Whether this event is critical, major, minor, or informational
• Time — Time of event, in switch up-time in hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds
• Object — The object affected by the event (port, LEC, and so on)
• Description — Brief message describing the event
Event messages can be automatically displayed on the SmartSwitch 6500 console. Use the set eventdisplay
command to display events on the console as they occur:
Smart6500 # set eventdisplay
EventDisplay(OFF) : on
Smart6500 #