1-10 
Follow these steps to enable the system information display on the console: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enable the debugging/log/trap 
information terminal display 
function 
terminal monitor 
Optional 
Enabled by default. 
Enable debugging information 
terminal display function 
terminal debugging 
Optional 
Disabled by default. 
Enable log information terminal 
display function 
terminal logging 
Optional 
Enabled by default.  
Enable trap information 
terminal display function 
terminal trapping 
Optional 
Enabled by default. 
 
 
Make sure that the debugging/log/trap information terminal display function is enabled (use the 
terminal monitor command) before you enable the corresponding terminal display function by using 
the terminal debugging, terminal logging, or terminal trapping command. 
 
Setting to Output System Information to a Monitor Terminal 
System information can also be output to a monitor terminal, which is a user terminal that has login 
connections through the AUX, VTY, or TTY user interface. 
Setting to output system information to a monitor terminal 
Follow these steps to set to output system information to a monitor terminal 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view
  system-view 
— 
Enable the information center 
info-center enable 
Optional 
Enabled by default. 
Enable system information 
output to Telnet terminal or 
dumb terminal 
info-center monitor channel 
{ channel-number | 
channel-name } 
Optional 
By default, a switch outputs 
log/debugging/trap information 
to a user terminal through 
information channel 1. 
Configure the output rules of 
system information 
info-center source 
{ modu-name | default } 
channel { channel-number | 
channel-name } [ { log | trap | 
debug } { level severity | state 
state } ]* 
Optional 
Refer to 
Table 1-4 for the 
default output rules of system 
information.