Logging Messages

HP 100VG-AnyLAN/9000 uses the nettl(1M) logging and tracing facility supplied with HP-UX. You may access the logging and tracing utility using either the graphical user interface (GUI) version or the command line interface.

Features of the GUI version, which are now a part of your HP 9000 system, include:

An interface which guides you through logging and tracing tasks.
An interface which allows you to create and format reports.
The capability to collect logging and tracing subsystem-specific information.
Report screens which are updated instantaneously with current logging and tracing information by the subsystem.
Context-sensitive on-line help.

To access the GUI version of the logging and tracing utility, run the command:

nettladm

See the nettladm(1M) man page for information on using the GUI version, or the nettl(1M) manual (man) page for information on using the command line interface.

Listed below are some example commands using the command line interface.

To examine the log file with cause and action descriptions.

netfmt -v -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG00 | more

The -v option enables the reporting of available cause and action descriptions for each log message. A sample 100VG-AnyLAN log message using the -v option is shown below.

*********************100VG/9000 Networking*****************
Timestamp        :Mon Dec 12PST 1994  03:40:10.555252
Process ID       :750                 Subsystem   :100VG
User ID (UID)    :0                   Log Class   :DISASTER
Device ID        :1                   Path ID     :0
Connection ID    :0                   Log Instance:0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<1002> EISA 100VG LAN driver detected that the adapter in 
slot 3 is not logging to the hub.

(Disaster) Verify the physical connections from your system 
to the hub. Also, make sure the connector on the card is 
hooked to a matching hub. Use the lanadmin command to reset 
the card. Reboot if necessary. If rebooting is ineffective, 
follow the troubleshooting flowcharts in the documentation 
in sequence until the problem is solved.

To examine just the log messages in the log file.

netfmt -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG00

A sample 100VG-AnyLAN log message using just the -f option is shown below.

***********************802.5 Networking********************
Timestamp        :Mon Dec 12PST 1994  03:40:10.555252
Process ID       :750                 Subsystem   :100VG
User ID (UID)    :0                   Log Class   :DISASTER
Device ID        :1                   Path ID     :0
Connection ID    :0                   Log Instance:0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<1317> 100VG-AnyLAN driver encountered a lobe error on 
interface unit <1>; reset or reboot

To check network logging and tracing status.
nettl -status
To start 100VG-AnyLAN tracing to the file/tmp/tracefile.TRC0. nettl(1m) adds the .TRC0 postfix for you.
nettl -traceon all -entity 100VG -file /tmp/tracefile
To stop 100VG-AnyLAN tracing.
nettl -traceoff -entity 100VG
To format the 100VG-AnyLAN trace file into the file/tmp/traceout.
netfmt -f /tmp/tracefile.TRC0 > /tmp/traceout

Refer to the netfmt(1M) man page for further information about this card and how to create a fitler for trace formatting.

Logging Messages

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