Appendix A. SGIconsole Log Files and Console Manager Execution Flow

This chapter describes the following topics:

SGIconsole Log Files

The following log files provide useful information on SGIconsole operations:

SGIconsole Log 

Description

/var/log/vacm.log 

Resides on the SGIconsole system and contains a log of VACM activity.

/var/adm/SYSLOG 

Resides on every IRIX server and contains a log of messages written to the system console.

/var/lib/sysadm/salog 

The ConsoleManager GUI log which contains all backend command and parameters executed by the console manager GUI.

/tmp/els00.log 

The log for the first EL-16 device installed and contains the following when the EL-16 device is configured successfully:

[root@linux1 /tmp]# cat els00.log
          09/19/01 09:03:16: EtherLite daemon running
          09/19/01 09:03:16: Vendor ID: DigiIntl, Firmware Version: V7.6
          Model Name: EL-16, IP Address: 192.12.1.20
          09/19/01 09:03:16: Unit Online 

Console Manager Execution Flow

Each Console Manager task has the following flow of execution when a GUI task is executed, such as connecting to a node or getting a console port:

GUI task ---> privcmd CLI ---> VACM (nexxus) ---> VACM plugins ---> EL-16 driver (if present)

Key:

  • privcmd = privileged command

  • CLI = command line interface

  • VACM = cluster manager software

  • nexxus = Console Manager backend software (Console Manager daemon)

  • VACM plugins = SGI software plugins to support various SGI servers.