Hardware Management Agent Configuration File

The Hardware Management Agent records log messages in the hwmgmtd.log file. These messages can be used to troubleshoot the running status of the Hardware Management Agent.

To configure the level of detail stored, set the hwagentd_log_levels parameter in the hwmgmtd.conf file. See Configure the Hardware Management Agent Logging Level.

You can use two versions of this parameter; basic or bit flags. The following subsections describe each.

Basic Parameters

The following table shows the basic values for the hwagentd_log_levels parameter in the hwmgmtd.conf file.

Log Level Messages Logged ERROR Any error messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent WARNING Any error and warning messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent INFO Any error and warning messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent and informative messages about normal functioning

Bit Flags Parameters

Using bit flags allows you to set the logging level with a finer level of granularity. The following table shows the values.

Log Level Bit Code Messages Logged EMERG 0x0001 Information about the system being unusable ALARM 0x0002 Information about any immediate action that must be taken CRIT 0x0004 Information related to the Hardware Management Agent either not starting or stopping because of critical conditions ERROR 0x0008 Information about any error messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent WARNING 0x0010 Information about any error and warning messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent NOTICE 0x0020 Information related to normal functioning INFO 0x0040 Information about any error and warning messages generated by the Hardware Management Agent and informative messages about normal functioning DEBUG 0x0080 Verbose debug-level messages, useful in troubleshooting TRACE 0x0100 Highly verbose debug-level messages, useful in troubleshooting

For example, when you want to set all logging levels between EMERG and NOTICE, the bit code values of all the required levels must be added and then converted to a decimal value. Referring to preceding table, the addition would be as follows:

0x0001 + 0x0002 + 0x0004 + 0x0008 + 0x0010 + 0x0020 = 0x003f

Converting 0x003f to decimal equals 63, which is the desired log level. This is the decimal number that should be assigned to the hwagentd_log_levels parameter in the hwmgmtd.conf file.