Logging Messages

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 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 10/100Base-TX log message using the -v option is shown as follows:

******100 Mb/s EISA LAN/9000 Networking**************** 
 
Timestamp : Fri Apr 25 PDT 1997 15:08:07.091398 
Process ID : [ICS] Subsystem: EISA100BT
User ID (UID) : -1 Log Class: ERROR
Device ID : 1 Path ID: 0
Connection ID: 0 Log Instance: 65535
 
<109> EISA 100Base-TX driver detected a bad cable 
connection between the adapter in slot 2 and the hub 
or switch.

To examine just the log messages in the log file.

netfmt -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG00

To check network logging and tracing status.

nettl -status

To start 10/100Base-TX tracing to the file/tmp/tracefile.TRC0. nettl(1m) adds the .TRC0 postfix for you.

nettl -traceon all -entity eisa100bt -file /tmp/tracefile

To stop 100Base-TX tracing.

nettl -traceoff -entity eisa100bt

To format the 10/100Base-TX trace file into the file /tmp/traceout.

netfmt -f /tmp/tracefile.TRC0 > /tmp/traceout