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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS System Message Guide Release 12.2(31)SGA
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Chapter 1 System Message Format
Message Structure
SEVERITY Level
The severity level is a single-digit code from 0 to 7 that reflects the severity of the condition. The lower
the number, the more serious the situation. Table 1-2 lists the message severity levels.
MNEMONIC Code
The MNEMONIC code uniquely identifies the error message. All mnemonics are all uppercase character
strings.
STORM_CONTROL Broadcast storm control
STORE Memory
SUPERVISOR Supervisor
SWITCH-QOS-TB Switch QoS management
SW_DAI Dynamic ARP inspection
SW-VLAN Switch VLAN management
SWITCHINGENGINEMAN Switching engine management
SWITCHMANAGER Switch management
SWNETFLOWMAN Software NetFlow management
SYSMAN System management
TRANSCIEVER TRANSCEIVER subsystem
UFAST UplinkFast
VQPCLIENT VLAN query protocol client
WATCHDOG Watchdog timer
Table 1-1 Facility Codes (continued)
Code Facility
Table 1-2 Message Severity Levels
Severity Level Description
0 Emergency—System is unusable
1 Alert—Immediate action required
2 Critical—Critical condition
3 Error—Error condition
4 Warning—Warning condition
5 Notification—Normal but significant
condition
6 Informational—Informational message only
7 Debugging—Message that appears during
debugging only