Logging field descriptions

Last Updated : Dec 22, 2020 |

Use this page to view logs in the Auto-Refresh mode. In this mode, the page updates the log information automatically.

Name

Description

Log ID

The unique identification number that identifies the log.

Time Stamp

The date and time of the log generation.

Host Name

The name of the system from which the log is generated.

Product Type

The code that uniquely identifies the component generating the log. For example, product, device, application, and service. GW600, which is a product type code identifier, is an example of the log product type.

Severity

The severity level of the log. The following are the type of severities:

  • Emergency: The system is unusable

  • Alert: Action must be taken immediately

  • Critical: Critical conditions

  • Error: Error conditions

  • Warning: Warning conditions

  • Notice: Normal but significant condition

  • Informational: Informational messages

  • Debug: Debug-level messages

Note:

The colors do not indicate logging severities.

Event ID

The unique identification number assigned to the event generating the log.

Message

Brief description of the log. The message is generated based on the severity level of the log. For a log with severity level debug, the message contains information about debugging an error.

Process Name

The process on the device that has generated the message. This is usually the process name and process ID.

Facility

The operating system, processes, and applications quantify messages into one of several categories. These categories consist of the generating facility with the severity of the message. The following are the types of supported facilities:

  • User-Level Messages

  • Security/authorization

  • Log Audit

Button

Description

Logging Landing Page

Switches the mode from Auto-Refresh to manual refresh and displays the Logging Home page. This is a toggle button.