Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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errShow
Displays the error log messages with pagination.
Synopsis errshow [-s switch_instance][-r][-p]
Description Use this command to display external error log messages for all switch instances and the chassis,
one at a time. The -r operand displays the messages in a reversed order. The following information
displays in each message:
Start delimiter Delimiter string for the start of a message.
Timestamp Timestamp for the message.
Message ID Message identifier.
External sequence number
Sequence number for the message
Security audit flag
Security audit logged. AUDIT displays in the field.
Severity Severity of the message. Valid values include INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and
CRITICAL.
Switch name Switch name for the generator of this message, or “chassis”.
Message Message body.
End delimiter Delimiter string for the end of a message.
Operands This command has the following operands:
-s switch_instance Displays messages only from switch_instance. Valid values are 0 or 1. This
operand is optional; if omitted, messages from all switch instances are
displayed.
-r Displays messages in reversed order. This operand is optional; if omitted, the
messages display in the normal order.
-p Displays error logs from Fabric OS versions prior to v4.2.
Examples To display the error log with pagination:
switch:user> errshow
Version: 4.4.0
2004/07/14-22:24:08, [HAMK-1003], 1,, INFO, switch1, Heartbeat up
Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop:
2004/07/14-22:24:47, [FSSM-1002], 2,, INFO, switchChassis, HA State is in sync
Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop:
2004/07/14-22:25:29, [SEC-1192], 3,, INFO, switch2, Security violation: Login
failure attempt via SERIAL.
Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop:
See Also errDelimiterSet, errDump, errFilterSet