Viewing system logs using EDM

Use the following procedure to display system log information.

Prerequisites

  • Open one of the supported Web browsers.

  • Access the switch.

Procedure steps

  1. From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

  2. In the Edit tree, double-click Diagnostics.

  3. In the Diagnostics tree, double-click System Log.

  4. In the work area, click the System Logs tab.

Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to help you understand the system log display.

Variable Value
OrigUnitNumber Indicates the slot or unit number of the originator of a log message.
MsgTime Indicates the time (in one hundredths of a second) between system initialization and the appearance of a log message in the system log.
MsgIndex Indicates a sequential number the system assigns to a log message when it enters the system log.
MsgSrc Indicates whether a log message was loaded from non-volatile memory at system initialization or was generated since system initialization.
MsgString Indicates the log message originator and the reason the log message was generated.