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1.0  The DECNET event logger

DECnet generates an event message when an error or  something  unusual
occurs  during  operation.   The  event  message  contains the type of
event, where it occurred and the time of the event.  Example:

22:46:30          -- Message from DECnet event logger --

DECNET Event type 4.15, Adjacency up
Event came from node 7.142 (GIDNEY), occurred 8-JAN-1985 22:46:28

  Circuit DTE-0-1

  Node = 7.143 (GIDDN) 


Each event has an identification of the form 4.15.  The  first  number
(4)  is  called  the event class and defines which part of DECnet that
generated the event.  In particular, 4 stands for the  routing  layer.
The  second  number  (15)  is called the event type and identifies the
particular event.  Together 4.15 means "Adjacency up, reported by  the
routing layer".

Associated with most events is a DECnet entity.  A DECnet  entity  may
be  a node, a circuit or a line.  In this particular event, the entity
is the DTE-0-1 circuit.  It means that the "adjacency up" was detected
on the DTE circuit.

In addition, there may be one or more lines of additional  data.   For
this  event,  the  additional  data  informs  us  that  node GIDDN was
detected at the other end of the DTE circuit.

Here is the full list of all events.  The ones TOPS-20  will  generate
are flagged with a *.  TOPS-20 can however receive and log all defined
events.  (We will see in a moment that events can be sent  to  (logged
at) other nodes.)

List of all events defined in DEcnet phase IV network management
================================================================

Event   Tops-20 Entity          Name
-----   ------  ------          ----

  Network management layer
0.0     *       -               Event records lost
0.1             Node            Automatic node counters
0.2             Line            Automatic line counters
0.3     *       Circuit         Automatic service
0.4             Line            Line counters zeroed
0.5             Node            Node counters zeroed
0.6             Circuit         Passive loopback
0.7     *       Circuit         Aborted service request
0.8     *       Any             Automatic counters
0.9     *       Any             Counters zeroed
                                                                Page 2


  Session control layer
2.0             -               Local node state change
2.1             -               Access control reject

  End to end communications layer (NSP)
3.0     *       -               Invalid message
3.1     *       -               Invalid flow control
3.2     *       Node            Data base reused

  Routing layer
4.0     *       -               Aged packet loss
4.1     *       Circuit         Node unreachable packet loss
4.2     *       Circuit         Node out-of-range packet loss
4.3             Circuit         Oversized packet loss
4.4     *       Circuit         Packet format error
4.5     *       Circuit         Partial routing update loss
4.6     *       Circuit         Verification reject
4.7     *       Circuit         Circuit down, circuit fault
4.8     *       Circuit         Circuit down
4.9     *       Circuit         Circuit down, operator initiated
4.10    *       Circuit         Circuit up
4.11    *       Circuit         Initialization failure, line fault
4.12    *       Circuit         Initialization failure, software fault
4.13    *       Circuit         Initialization failure, operator fault
4.14    *       Node            Node reachability change
4.15    *       Circuit         Adjacency up
4.16    *       Circuit         Adjacency rejected
4.17            Area            Area reachability change
4.18    *       Circuit         Adjacency down
4.19    *       Circuit         Adjacency down, operator initiated

  Data link layer
5.0     *       Circuit         Locally initiated state change
5.1     *       Circuit         Remotely initiated state change
5.2             Circuit         Protocol restart received in maintenance mode
5.3     *       Circuit         Send error threshold
5.4     *       Circuit         Receive error threshold
5.5     *       Circuit         Select error threshold
5.6     *       Circuit         Block header format error
5.7             Circuit         Selection address error
5.8             Circuit         Streaming tributary
5.9             Circuit         Local buffer too smAny
5.10            Module          Restart (X.25 protocol)
5.11            Module          State change (X.25 protocol)
5.12            Module          Retransmit maximum exceeded
5.13            Line            Initialization failure
5.14            Line            Send failed
5.15            Line            Receive failed
5.16            Line            Collision detect check failed
5.17            Module          DTE up (X.25)
5.18            Module          DTE down (X.25)

  Physical link layer
6.0             Line            Data set ready transition
6.1             Line            Ring indicator transition
                                                                Page 3


6.2             Line            Unexpected carrier transition
6.3             Line            Memory access error
6.4             Line            Communications interface error
6.5             Line            Performance error



                                 NOTE

               All events are listed and  explained  in
               the DECnet-20 System Managers Guide.





2.0  The three logging sinks

An event can be reported (logged) in three different  ways.   We  call
each "a logging sink".  The three logging sinks are:

      o  LOGGING CONSOLE

      o  LOGGING FILE

      o  LOGGING MONITOR


The system manager controls the event logger with  network  management
through  NCP.   He/she  can  decide  what  sinks that are active, i.e.
turned on.  If so desired, a single event can be  logged  at  multiple
sinks.  The three sinks are addressed in NCP as:

        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE  ...
        NCP> SET LOGGING FILE ...
        NCP> SET LOGGING MONITOR ...

or if the same operation is desired on all sinks

        NCP> SET KNOWN LOGGING ...


Whether a sink is enabled or not is determined by the STATE parameter.
Example:  to enable the logging console do

        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE STATE ON

or to disable all logging sinks do

        NCP> SET KNOWN LOGGING STATE OFF
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2.1  The LOGGING CONSOLE

The logging console is really  the  OPR  program.   If  this  sink  is
active,  then  the events are formatted and sent to all running OPR's.
A sample of the output can be seen at the top of this document.

Note that if the logging console is enabled, then ALL OPR's receive  a
copy  of  the  event  message.  If you wish to disable the output at a
certain terminal, you can

        OPR> DISABLE OUTPUT-DISPLAY (OF) DECNET-EVENT-MESSAGES


There is also a corresponding ENABLE command.



2.2  The LOGGING FILE

The  logging  file   is   always   the   system   error   file,   i.e.
SERR:ERROR.SYS.  If this sink is enabled, then a binary version of the
event message is put into the error file.

The  logged  events  can  then  be  retrieved  with  SPEAR.    Example
retrieving network errors:

509. 10:45:23  DECNET Event type 3.2  Data base reused
                    From node 7275. (RONCO)
                    occurred 4-APR-1985 10:41:47.877
516. 11:25:18  DECNET Event type 3.0  Invalid message
                    From node 7275. (RONCO)
                    occurred 4-APR-1985 10:53:46.549
517. 11:25:18  DECNET Event type 0.0  Event records lost
                    From node 7275. (RONCO)
                    occurred 4-APR-1985 11:03:53.738
535. 12:06:43  DECNET Event type 0.3  Automatic line service
                    From node 7275. (RONCO)
                    occurred 24-JAN-1985 17:06:26




2.3  The LOGGING MONITOR

The logging monitor provides a way to either send  events  to  a  user
program,  or  to  write  them  to  a file the user specifies.  In both
cases, the binary version of the event message is used.  The format of
the event message (the same for all DECnet implementations) is defined
in appendix A.

The destination of the logging monitor events is  set  with  the  NAME
parameter.  Example:

        NCP> SET LOGGING MONITOR NAME DCN:GIDNEY-TASK-LOGMON
                                                                Page 5


to send the events to a user program using DECnet or

        NCP> SET LOGGING MONITOR NAME PS:<OPERATOR>LOGGING-MONITOR.BIN

to write the event messages to a file.



                                 NOTE

               You cannot redirect the console or  file
               by setting NAME.





3.0  Selecting what events to report

The system manager may choose what events  to  log  for  each  logging
sink.  Here are a few examples:

To log all events known to TOPS-20 to the logging file:

        NCP> SET LOGGING FILE KNOWN EVENTS

To log all routing layer events to the console:

        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE EVENT 4.*

To log network management events 0,1,2,3,5,7,8,9 to all sinks:

        NCP> SET KNOWN LOGGING EVENT 0.0-3,5,7-9

The latter could also have been accomplished with the sequence:

        NCP> SET KNOWN LOGGING EVENT 0.0-9
        NCP> CLEAR KNOWN LOGGING EVENT 0.4,6


Note that you can only specify one event class in each event  command.
I.e.  the following command is illegal:

        NCP> SET LOGGING MONITOR EVENT 4.15 , 5.13


If an event is not enabled at any logging sink, it is  filtered  (i.e.
thrown away) by the event logger.
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4.0  The SHOW LOGGING command

To inspect the current status of the logging sinks, you  can  use  the
SHOW LOGGING command.  Example:

To show all information stored for the logging console:
        NCP> SHOW LOGGING CONSOLE SUMMARY

and to do the same for all sinks:
        NCP> SHOW KNOWN LOGGING SUMMARY

Here is a sample output of the first command:

NCP>show logging console summary
NCP>
11:26:53        NCP
                Request # 148; Show Logging Summary Completed
                
                Logging = Console
                
                  State = On
                
                  Sink Node = 7.142 (GIDNEY)
                  Events = (Source = any) 0.0-9 
                  Events = (Source = any) 3.0-2 
                  Events = (Source = any) 4.0-4 6-14 16-19 
                  Events = (Source = any) 5.0-31 
                  Events = (Source = any) 6.0-5 




5.0  Event logger and system startup

You now know all the basic commands of the  event  logger.   For  each
logging  sink,  you  can  SET  or  CLEAR  the  STATE,  NAME  and EVENT
parameters.  The event logger initializes itself  with  the  following
commands at startup:

        NCP> SET LOGGING FILE KNOWN EVENT
        NCP> SET LOGGING FILE STATE ON


That is, all events will be logged to the logging file.  If  you  wish
to  change  this  at  system  startup,  you  will  have to add LOGGING
commands to your network startup file.

No events will be logged unless both the STATE is ON, and  some  EVENT
is enabled for the sink.
                                                                Page 7


6.0  Using the event logger

If you have a fairly small and stable network, you may wish to  enable
all events for logging to file and/or console.

If you have a large and dynamic network, you may find that you want to
filter  certain  events.   For  instance,  the  routing  layer, when a
level-1 router, will generate an "adjacency up" event  for  each  node
that  comes  online  on the Ethernet.  If you have many systems on the
Ethernet, and the Ethernet goes offline/online, you will get  a  large
number  of  "adjacency  up"  events that may hide the more interesting
4.7-10 events (Circuit down/up).

Along the same  lines,  you  may  wish  to  filter  event  4.14  (Node
reachability change) if you have a large and dynamic network.

If your system does have a NIA20, we recommend  that  you  enable  all
data  link  layer  events  (5.*).  When they occur, they are typically
caused by a NIA20 hardware anomaly.



7.0  Event records lost

Event messages may be temporarily stored both in the  monitor  and  in
the  NMLT20  program  before  being  reported.   If there are a lot of
events occurring at the same time, the queues  may  overflow  and  the
consequence  will  be a "lost event".  The "lost event" (0.0) does not
contain any information about what event that was lost since more than
one  may  have  been  discarded.   It only tells you that at least one
event was thrown away becuase  of  buffering  problems.   If  you  are
troubleshooting a problem with the help of the event logger, it may be
important to know that some information was  lost  in  a  sequence  of
events.

If you experience a lot of  "lost  events"  you  should  examine  your
reports to find out what event that may be happening frequently.



8.0  Implementation details

The event logger, in particular the logging  console,  is  fairly  CPU
intensive.  You can lower the overhead by filtering more events.

We would also like to draw your attention to an implementation detail.
Assume  that  you  want to disable all events for the logging monitor.
You could accomplish this in two different ways:

        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE STATE OFF
or
        NCP> CLEAR LOGGING CONSOLE KNOWN EVENT
                                                                Page 8


We recommend that you use  the  CLEAR  command.   It  will  lower  the
overhead  more  than  the SET STATE OFF command because of the way the
event logger is implemented.



9.0  MCB events

The MCB will also generate events, but since  it  does  not  have  any
logging sinks of its own, it will send its events to its KL host.  The
MCB does not have  any  event  database,  so  you  cannot  dynamically
disable  or  enable individual events.  However, since the events will
pass through the event filters  on  the  KL  host,  you  can  actually
control the MCB events in the KL instead.

The MCB does not have a clock, and can therefore not include the  time
of  day  in  the  event message.  It will include the uptime which may
help you in determining exactly when a MCB event was generated.

We would like to  point  to  a  potential  problem.   If  the  MCB  is
connected  to  a  VMS system, the VMS system may send routing messages
that are too large for the MCB to process.  The MCB  will  generate  a
4.5 ("Partial routing update loss") event and send it to the KL.  This
may happen very frequently and will cause overhead even if  you  throw
away the 4.5 events as they arrive to the KL.

If this happens, we suggest that you rebuild your MCB and  change  the
static  event  database.   If we assume that you want to disable event
4.5, issue the following command when running  NETGEN  generating  the
MCB:

        NETGEN> PURGE LOGGING FILE EVENT 4.5
        NETGEN> LIST LOGGING FILE EVENT




10.0  Logging to remote nodes

In addition to the logging sinks on your node, you can send events  to
other  remote  DECnet  nodes.   For instance, you may want to send all
events from all systems to one  single  node  that  collects  all  the
events in the network.  If we assume that you want to send all network
management events to the logging console on node RONCO:, here  is  the
command to do it:

        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE EVENT 0.* SINK NODE RONCO::


and the result will be that all 0.* events will be sent to the console
on RONCO:  as well as to all other sinks that are enabled.
                                                                Page 9


Here is a sample typeout where both a local logging monitor,  and  two
remote logging monitors are enabled:

NCP>show logging monitor summary known sinks
NCP>
11:34:10        NCP
                Request # 156; Show Logging Summary Completed
                
                Logging = Monitor
                
                  State = On
                  Name = GIDNEY:<OPERATOR>LOGGING-MONITOR.BIN
                
                  Sink Node = 7.142 (GIDNEY)
                  Events = (Source = any) 0.0-9 
                  Events = (Source = any) 3.0-2 
                  Events = (Source = any) 4.0-19 
                  Events = (Source = any) 5.0-9 13-16 
                  Events = (Source = any) 6.0-5 
                
                  Sink Node = 7.107 (RONCO)
                  Events = (Source = any) 5.0-31 
                
                  Sink Node = 7.52 (LATOUR)
                  Events = (Source = any) 4.1 
                  Events = (Source = any) 5.0-31 


Note that you have to add 'KNOWN SINKS' to the SHOW command to see all
remote sinks.



11.0  Filtering on entity ID's

Associated with most events is an entity type (see  table  in  section
1).   You  can  enable or disable events depending on what entity type
they are associated with.  For example, if you want to log  event  4.7
only on the Ethernet circuit, do:

        NCP> CLEAR LOGGING CONSOLE EVENT 4.7
        NCP> SET LOGGING CONSOLE EVENT 4.7 CIRCUIT NI-0-0


Event 4.7 (Circuit down) will be logged only if  it  is  the  Ethernet
circuit that went down.

Events that are sent to remote sinks may be qualified in the same way.
The  following  NCP  sequence  illustrates  all  flavours of the event
logger:

NCP>set logging console state on
NCP>set logging console event 3.0,2
NCP>set logging console event 4.7-10 circuit NI-0-0
NCP>set logging console event 5.* sink node ronco::
                                                               Page 10


NCP>set logging console event 4.14 node ether:: sink node latour::
NCP>set logging console event 4.14 node kl2102:: sink node latour::
NCP>show logging console summary known sinks
NCP>
11:44:09        NCP
                Request # 167; Show Logging Summary Completed
                
                Logging = Console
                
                  State = On
                
                  Sink Node = 7.142 (GIDNEY)
                  Events = (Source = any) 3.0 2 
                  Events = (Source Circuit = NI-0-0) 4.7-10 
                
                  Sink Node = 7.107 (RONCO)
                  Events = (Source = any) 5.0-31 
                
                  Sink Node = 7.52 (LATOUR)
                  Events = (Source Node = 7.124 (ETHER)) 4.14 
                  Events = (Source Node = 7.120 (KL2102)) 4.14 











                              APPENDIX A

                         EVENT MESSAGE FORMAT



The format of the event message is defined in  the  corporate  network
management specification.  Here is a copy of the definition:

   FUNCTION    SINK     EVENT    EVENT    SOURCE    EVENT     EVENT
     CODE      FLAGS    CODE     TIME      NODE     ENTITY    DATA

   where:

   FUNCTION CODE (1) : B = 1, meaning event log

   SINK FLAGS (1) :  BM  Are flags indicating which sinks are to  receive
                         a copy of this event, one bit per sink.  The bit
                         assignments are:

                         Bit      Sink

                          0     Console
                          1     File
                          2     Monitor

   EVENT CODE (2) : BM Identifies the specific event as follows:

                         Bits        Meaning

                         0-4     Event type
                         6-14    Event class

   EVENT TIME            Is the  source  node  date  and  time  of  event
                         processing.  Consists of:

                         JULIAN   SECOND   MILLISECOND
                         HALF DAY

                         where:

                         JULIAN HALF DAY (2) :  B = Number of  half  days
                                                    since  1 Jan 1977 and
                                                    before  9  Nov   2021
                                                    (0-32767).        For
                                                    example, the  morning
EVENT MESSAGE FORMAT                                          Page A-2


                                                    of Jan 1, 1977 is 0.

                         SECOND (2) :  B =          Second within current
                                                    half day (0-43199).

                         MILLISECOND (2) : B =      Millisecond    within
                                                    current        second
                                                    (0-999).    If    not
                                                    supported, high order
                                                    bit is  set,  remain-
                                                    der  are  clear,  and
                                                    field is not  printed
                                                    when   formatted  for
                                                    output.

   SOURCE NODE           Identifies the source node.  It consists of:

                         NODE     NODE
                         ADDRESS  NAME

                         where:

   NODE ADDRESS (2) :  B = Node address

   NODE NAME (I-6) :  A = Node name, 0 length, if none.

   EVENT ENTITY          Identifies the entity involved in the event, as
                         applicable.  Consists of:

                         ENTITY ENTITY
                          TYPE    ID

                         where:

                         ENTITY TYPE (2) :  B   Represents  the  type  of
                                                entity.    A   -1   value
                                                indicates no  entity.   A
                                                value  >= 0 is the entity
                                                type and is  followed  by
                                                the   entity  id  in  its
                                                usual format.

   EVENT DATA (*) :  B Is event specific data, zero or more data  entries
                       as  defined  for NICE data blocks, parameter types
                       according to event class.