Alarm Message Format Description

The alarm message begins with "#". Figure 1 shows the output format of an alarm message.

Figure 1 Output format of an alarm message

Field	Description
#	Information type: # indicates the alarm information.
TimeStamp	It is the time when an alarm message is generated. It is a variable of the date type and expressed in the format Mmm dd hh:mm:ss yyyy. Mmm indicates a month. It can be Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, or Dec. dd indicates a date of a month. If the value is less than 10, it is expressed as "(blank)date". For example, " 7". hh:mm:ss indicates the local time. hh ranges from 00 to 23. mm or ss ranges from 00 to 59. yyyy indicates a year. TimeStamp and HostName are separated by a space.
HostName	It is the system name of a local host. HostName and ModuleName are separated by a space.
ModuleName	It specifies the module that generates alarm messages. ModuleName and Severity are separated by a slash (/).
Severity	Alarm messages are classified into six severity levels. Severity and Brief are separated by a slash (/).
Brief	It is a phrase that summarizes information. There should be a colon (:) between the Brief field and the Description field.
Description	It is a string of characters that describe a detailed alarm message. It is output by a module to the information center. It is filled in by a module at each output time.