Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

Appendix B Syslog messages 853

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 lists the operating system EMERG messages.

There are three categories of System Control Process messages:

•

INFO (see 

•

ALARM  (see 

)

•

EVENT (see 

Events and alarms are stored in the event log file. You can access the event log file 
by using the 

 command. You can view active alarms 

by using the 

 command. For more information, see 

.

Operating system messages — ERROR

Config filesystem corrupt

ERROR

Possible loss of configuration. Followed by the 
message: 

Config filesystem re-initialized - 
reinstall required

 

or 

Config filesystem restored from 
backup

.

Missing files in config filesystem

ERROR

Possible loss of configuration. Followed by the 
message:

Config filesystem re-initialized - 
reinstall required

 

or 

Config filesystem restored from 
backup

.

Logs filesystem re-initialized

ERROR

Loss of logs.

Root filesystem repaired - rebooting

ERROR

fsck found and fixed errors. Probably OK.

Config filesystem restored from 
backup

ERROR

Loss of recent configuration changes.

Rebooting to revert to permanent OS 
version

ERROR

Happens after 

Config filesystem 

re-initialized - reinstall required

 

or 

Config filesystem restored from 

backup

 if software upgrade is in progress (in other 

words, if failure at first boot on new OS version).