Displaying and Interpreting System Log Message Descriptions

This reference lists the messages available at the time of its publication. To display the list of messages that applies to the version of the JUNOS software that is running on a routing platform, enter JUNOS CLI operational mode and issue the following command:

user@host> help syslog ?

To display the list of available descriptions for tags that begin with a specific character string, substitute the string for the variable tag-prefix:

user@host> help syslog tag-prefix?

To display the complete description of a particular message, substitute its name for the variable tag:

user@host> help syslog tag

Table 21 describes the fields in a system log message description in this reference or in the CLI.

Table 21: Fields in System Log Message Descriptions

Field Name in Reference	Field Name in CLI	Description
—	Name	The message tag in all capital letters.
System Log Message	Message	Text of the message written to the system log. In the log, a specific value is substituted for each variable that appears in italics in this reference or in angle brackets (<>) in the CLI. In this reference, the message text appears on the second line of the System Log Message field. The first line is the message tag (the same text as in the CLI Name field). The prefix on each tag identifies the message source and the rest of the tag indicates the specific event or error. System Log Messages lists the prefixes for which this reference includes entries.
—	Help	Short description of the message, which also appears in the right-hand column of CLI output for the help syslog command when the output lists multiple messages.
Description	Description	More detailed explanation of the message.
Type	Type	Category to which the message belongs: Error: The message reports an error or failure condition that might require corrective action. Event: The message reports a condition or occurrence that does not generally require corrective action.
Severity	Severity	Message severity level as described in Table 8.
Cause	Cause	(Optional) Possible cause for message generation. There can be more than one cause.
Action	Action	(Optional) Action you can perform to resolve the error or failure condition described in the message. If this field does not appear in an entry, either no action is required or the action is self-explanatory.