Logging and Tracing Messages

HP LAN/9000 comes with an online message catalog that reports LAN problems, probable causes, and actions for you to take to correct the problems. Messages are sent either to the system console or log files based on the logging and tracing configuration. To view the probable cause and action text of the message, use the netfmt command with the -v option. Below is an example.

# netfmt -v -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG00 
 
**********************LAN/9000 NETWORKING*********************
Timestamp           : Tue Apr 04 PDT 1995 10:15:13.290279
Process ID          : [ICS]         Subsystem   : NS_LS_DRIVER
User ID ( UID )     : -1            Log Class   : ERROR
Device ID           : 0             Path ID     : 0
Connection ID       : 0             Log Instance: 0
Location            : 02004
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Network NS_LS_DRIVER Error 2004, pid [ICS]
82596 External loopback test failed.
 
The loopback test through the external MAU Failed
 
Check the LAN cable to make sure its properly connected to the 
LAN card.Use the lanscan (1M) command to find the NMID of the 
LAN card and reset this card. If the reset does not solve the 
problem, reboot.
 
If rebooting is ineffective, notify your HP representative.

HP LAN/9000 uses the nettl logging and tracing facility supplied with HP-UX to capture, control, and format messages produced by LAN. See the nettl(1M) man page for information on using the graphical user interface or command line interface. The graphical interface, which is accessed by running the nettladm command, includes the following features:

screens which take you through any logging or tracing task desired
screens which allow you to create and format reports
the capability of logging and tracing subsystem-specific information
main screens which are updated instantaneously with current logging and tracing information by subsystem
context-sensitive on-line help

Logging and Tracing Messages

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