106 Sun Fire 6800/4810/4800/3800 System Controller Command Reference Manual • October 2001
showlogs
Displays the system controller logged events stored in the system controller message
buffer.
Scope
platform shell, domain shell
Syntax for the Platform Shell
showlogs [-d domain ID] [-v]
showlogs -h
Syntax for the Domain Shell
showlogs [-v]
showlogs -h
Options/Parameters
-h displays help for this command.
-d domainID (platform shell only) specifies a domain (a, b, c,ord).
-v is verbose.
Description
Displays the messages that are stored in the message buffer. Each domain and the
platform have separate and independent buffers. Once a buffer is filled, the old
messages are overwritten. These are messages from the system controller (not the
Solaris operating environment) that are logged to the consoles. This is a small buffer
and it is cleared when you reboot the system controller or when it loses power.
There is a separate log for the platform and for each domain. If the loghost has been
configured (the platform and each domain are configured separately—using
setupplatform for the platform loghost and setupdomain for each domain