Logging Messages

HP 100Base-TX/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 10/100Base-TX log message using the -v option is shown below.

******100 Mb/s LAN/9000 Networking********************** 
 
Fri May 16 PDT 1997 15:08:07.091398 DISASTER 
Subsys:LAN100 Loc:00000 
 
<6011> HP PCI 10/100Base-T driver detected 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 PCI100bt -file /tmp/tracefile
To stop 100Base-TX tracing.
nettl -traceoff -entity PCI100bt
To format the 10/100Base-TX 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 filter for trace formatting.

Logging Messages

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