User Manual

176 Working with diagnostic features
Configuring the Host
Fabric OS supports a subset of UNIX-style message severities that default to the UNIX local7 facility. To
configure the host, edit the /etc/syslog.conf file to map Fabric OS message severities to UNIX
severities, as shown in Table 28.
In
In the following example, Fabric OS messages map to local7 facility level 7 in the /etc/syslog.conf
file:
If you prefer to map Fabric OS severities to a different UNIX local7 facility level, see ”To set the facility
level:” on page 177.
Configuring the switch
Configuring the switch involves specifying syslogd hosts and, optionally, setting the facility level. You can
also remove a host from the list of syslogd hosts.
To specify syslogd hosts:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the syslogdipadd command and specify an IP address.
3. Verify the IP address was entered correctly using the syslogdipshow command.
Table 28 Fabric OS to UNIX message severities
Fabric OS message severity UNIX message severity
Critical (1) Emergency (0)
Error (2) Error (3)
Warning (3) Warning (4)
Info (4) Info (6)
local7.emerg /var/adm/swcritical
local7.alert /var/adm/alert7
local7.crit /var/adm/crit7
local7.err /var/adm/swerror
local7.warning /var/adm/swwarning
local7.notice /var/adm/notice7
local7.info /var/adm/swinfo
local7.debug /var/adm/debug7