Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual - Manual (Page 548)

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Chapter 21 Configuring System Message Logging
You can set the severity level of the messages to control the type of messages
displayed on the console and each of the destinations. You can timestamp log
messages or set the syslog source address to enhance real-time debugging and
management.
You can access logged system messages by using the access point command-
line interface (CLI) or by saving them to a properly configured syslog server.
The access point software saves syslog messages in an internal buffer. You can
remotely monitor system messages by accessing the access point through
Telnet or by viewing the logs on a syslog server.
Configuring System Message
Logging This section describes how to configure system message logging. System log
messages can contain up to 80 characters and a percent sign (%), that follows
the optional sequence number or timestamp information, if configured.
Messages are displayed in this format:
seq no:timestamp: %facility-severity-
MNEMONIC:description
The part of the message preceding the percent sign depends on the setting of
the global configuration command:
service sequence-numbers, service timestamps log
datetime, service timestamps log datetime
[localtime] [msec] [show-timezone], or service
timestamps log uptime
This table describes the elements of syslog messages.
This example shows a partial access point system message:
Table 113 - System Log Message Elements
Element Description
seq no Stamps log messages with a sequence number only if the service
sequence-numbers global configuration command is configured.
For more information, see Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages on page 553 .
timestamp formats:
mm/dd hh:mm:ss
or
hh:mm:ss (short uptime)
or
d h (long uptime)
Date and time of the message or event. This information appears only if the service
timestamps log [datetime | log] global configuration command
is configured.
For more information, see the
Enabling and Disabling Timestamps on Log Messages on page 552 .
facility The facility that the message refers to, for example, SNMP, SYS .
A facility can be a hardware device, a protocol, or a module of the system software. It denotes the source
or the cause of the system message.
severity Single-digit code from 0…7 that is the severity of the message. For a description of the severity levels,
see
Table 115 on page 555 .
MNEMONIC Text string that uniquely describes the message.
description Text string containing detailed information about the event being reported.