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Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable Administrator’s Guide
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Alerts and Alert Messages
This appendix identifies all alert messages that Broadband Access Center for Cable (BAC) generates.
Alert Messages
BAC generates alerts through the UNIX syslog service. Syslog is a client-server protocol that manages
the logging of information on UNIX. BAC syslog alerts are not a logging service. They provide a
notification that a problem exists, but do not necessarily define the specific cause of the problem. This
information might be found in the appropriate BAC log files.
the logging of information on UNIX. BAC syslog alerts are not a logging service. They provide a
notification that a problem exists, but do not necessarily define the specific cause of the problem. This
information might be found in the appropriate BAC log files.
Message Format
This is the format of alert messages generated by BAC:
XXX-#-####: <Message>
Where:
•
XXX—Identifies the facility code. These can include:
–
RDU (regional distribution unit)
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DPE (device provisioning engine)
–
AGENT (rduSnmpAgent or dpeSnmpAgent)
–
NR_EP (Network Registrar extension points)
–
KDC
•
#
—Identifies the severity level in use. There are three levels of alerts: 1, which is alert, 3 which is
error, and 6 which identifies informational messages.
•
###
—Identifies the numeric error code as described in the following sections.
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<Message>—Identifies the alert text or message.
RDU Alerts
Whenever an RDU syslog alert is sent, additional details (if any) can be found in log file
<BPR_DATA>/rdu/logs/rdu.log.
<BPR_DATA>/rdu/logs/rdu.log.
identifies the RDU alerts.