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Operation  Command  Description 
Enable the information center 
info-center enable 
Optional 
Enabled by default. 
Enable information output to 
the SNMP NMS 
info-center snmp channel 
{ channel-number | 
channel-name } 
Optional 
By default, the switch outputs 
trap information to SNMP 
through channel 5. 
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 1-8 for the 
default output rules of system 
information. 
Set the format of time stamp in 
the output information 
info-center timestamp { log | 
trap | debugging } { boot | 
date | none } 
Optional 
By default, the time stamp 
format of the information output 
to the SNMP NMS is date. 
 
 
To send information to a remote SNMP NMS properly, related configurations are required on both the 
switch and the SNMP NMS. 
 
Displaying and Maintaining Information Center 
After the above configurations, you can execute the display commands in any view to display the 
running status of the information center, and thus validate your configurations. You can also execute the 
reset commands in user view to clear the information in the log buffer and trap buffer. 
Table 1-16 Display and maintain information center 
Operation  Command  Description 
Display information on an 
information channel
 
display channel [ channel-number | 
channel-name ] 
Display the operation status of 
information center, the 
configuration of information 
channels, the format of time 
stamp
 
display info-center [ unit unit-id ] 
Display the status of log buffer 
and the information recorded in 
the log buffer
 
display logbuffer [ unit unit-id ] [ level 
severity | size buffersize ]* [ | { begin | 
exclude | include } regular-expression ] 
Display the summary 
information recorded in the log 
buffer
 
display logbuffer summary [ level 
severity ] 
Display the status of trap buffer 
and the information recorded in 
the trap buffer
 
display trapbuffer [ unit unit-id ] [ size 
buffersize ] 
Available in any 
view