Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide

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System message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Displaying the system message log, with no page breaks . . .110
Displaying the system message log
one message at a time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Clearing the system message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Port log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Viewing the port log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Syslogd configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Configuring the host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Enabling the automatic transfer of trace dumps. . . . . . . . . . .115
Setting up periodic checking of the remote server . . . . . . . . .115
Saving comprehensive diagnostic files to the server . . . . . . .116
Appendix A Switch Type and Blade ID
Appendix B Hexadecimal Conversion
Example conversion of the hexadecimal triplet Ox616000 . .121
Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Index