Brocade Error Message Reference Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000600-01, April 2008)

Fabric OS Message Reference 3

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Overview of System Messages

Fabric OS v6.0.0 generates the following component-specific Audit messages:

• Authentication messages: AUTH 2001-3008

• Configuration messages: CONF-1000, 1020, 1022

• HTTP configuration messages: HTTP-1002 - 1003

• SNMP related messages: SNMP-1004 - 1006

• Security related messages (SFOS, RADIUS, login/logout, passwords, ACLs): SEC-3001

- 3038

• Software upgrade library: SULB-1001 - 1003, 1009 - 1010, 1017 -1018, 1020 - 1021,

1023 - 1024, 1026, 1030 - 1031, 1033 - 1035

• Zoning messages: ZONE-3001 - 3025

Event auditing is a configurable feature, set to off by default. You must enable event auditing by

configuring the syslog daemon to send the events to a configured remote host using the

syslogIpAdd command. You can set up filters to screen out particular classes of events using the

auditCfg command (the classes include zone, security, configuration, firmware, and fabric). The

defined set of Audit messages are sent to the configured remote host in the Audit message format,

so that they are easily distinguishable from other syslog events that might occur in the network. For

details on how to configure event auditing, see “Viewing and Configuring System Message Logs” on

page 4.

SYSTEM LOGGING DAEMON (SYSLOGD)

The system logging daemon (syslogd) is a process on UNIX, Linux, and some Windows systems that

reads and logs messages as specified by the system administrator.

Fabric OS can be configured to use a UNIX-style syslogd process to forward system events and error

messages to log files on a remote host system. The host system can be running UNIX, Linux, or any

other operating system that supports the standard syslogd functionality. Configuring for syslogd

involves configuring the host, enabling syslogd on the Brocade model, and, optionally, setting the

facility level.

For the Brocade DCX, 24000 and 48000, each CP has a unique error log, depending on which CP

was active when that message was reported. To fully understand message logging on the Brocade

24000 and 48000 you should enable the system logging daemon, because the logs on the host

computer are maintained in a single merged file for both CPs and are in sequential order.

Otherwise, you must examine the error logs in both CPs, particularly for events such as

firmwareDownload or haFailover, for which the active CP changes.

For the Brocade DCX, 24000 and 48000, security violations such as telnet, HTTP, and serial

connection violations are not propagated between CPs. Security violations on the active CP are not

propagated to the standby CP counters in the event of a failover, nor do security violations on the

standby CP get propagated to the active CP counters.

For information on configuring syslogd functionality, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

SYSTEM CONSOLE

The system console displays messages only through the serial port. If you log in to a switch through

the Ethernet port or modem port, you will not receive system console messages.