NVIDIA NVOS User Manual for InfiniBand Switches v25.02.5002

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nv show system events
nv show system events --last
nv show system events --recent
nv set/unset system events table-size
nv action clear system events

Event Management Commands

nv show system events

	nv show system events Display events generated by the system.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002 25.02.5002 Added Etc/UTC to event timestamp in output
Example	Copy Copied! admin@nvos:~$nv show system events operational --------------- ----------- table-occupancy 80 table-size 1000 Events ========= Event ID Severity Component Description Timestamp -------- ------------- --------- --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 80 INFORMATIONAL System Health status is ok 2024-04-23 08:29:05 Etc/UTC 79 INFORMATIONAL PSU2/FAN HW component goes back to normal 2024-04-23 08:29:05 Etc/UTC 78 INFORMATIONAL PSU1/FAN HW component goes back to normal 2024-04-23 08:29:05 Etc/UTC 77 WARNING PSU1/FAN PSU1/FAN speed is out of range, speed=30%, range=[35,100] 2024-04-23 08:29:02 Etc/UTC 76 WARNING PSU2/FAN PSU2/FAN speed is out of range, speed=30%, range=[35,100] 2024-04-23 08:28:56 Etc/UTC 75 WARNING PSU2/FAN PSU2/FAN speed is out of range, speed=29%, range=[35,100] 2024-04-23 08:28:50 Etc/UTC 74 WARNING PSU1/FAN PSU1/FAN speed is out of range, speed=29%, range=[35,100] 2024-04-23 08:28:50 Etc/UTC
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/events
Related Commands	nv action clear system events
Notes	It shows only the last 50 events in order to not flood the screen with multiple lines at the same time. To get more events, ‘last’ option can be used.

nv show system events --last

	nv show system events --last [number] Show requested last events.
Syntax Description	number	Requested number of events to show
Default	20 events
History	25.02.2002 25.02.5002 Updated command syntax. JSON no longer has "last" as a key.
Example	Copy Copied! admin@nvos:~$ nv show system events --last Event ID Severity Component Description Timestamp -------- ------------- ----------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------- 63529 WARNING swss-ibv00 Container 'swss-ibv00' is not running 2025-05-16 08:05:44 63528 WARNING syncd-ibv00 Container 'syncd-ibv00' is not running 2025-05-16 08:05:41 63527 WARNING pmon Container 'pmon' is not running 2025-05-16 08:05:41 63526 INFORMATIONAL pmon Service goes back to normal 2025-05-16 08:05:26 63525 INFORMATIONAL pmon Cleared: Container 'pmon' is not running 2025-05-16 08:05:26
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/events?last/{number}
Related commands	nv action clear system events
Notes	If no number is specified, this command will show the last 20 entries from the table.

nv show system events --recent

	nv show system events --recent [minutes] Show events in the last requested minutes.
Syntax Description	minutes	Time in past minutes to show events from
Default	5 minutes
History	25.02.2002 25.02.5002 Updated command syntax. JSON no longer has "recent" as a key.
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$ nv show system events --recent 10 Event ID Severity Component Description Timestamp -------- ------------- ----------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------- 63529 WARNING swss-ibv00 Container 'swss-ibv00' is not running 2025-05-16 08:05:44`
REST API	GET https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/events?recent/{minutes}
Related commands	nv action clear system events
Notes	If no minutes are specified, this command will display events from the past 5 minutes.

nv set/unset system events table-size

	nv set/unset system events table-size <number-of-lines> Set/unset events table size.
Syntax Description	number-of-lines	Number of lines shown in the events table
Default	1000 lines
History	25.02.2002
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$nv set system events table-size 5000 admin@nvos:~$nv unset system events table-size`
REST API	PATCH https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/events/table-size/{number-of-lines}
Related commands	nv show system events
Notes

nv action clear system events

	nv action clear system events Clear events.
Syntax Description	N/A
Default	N/A
History	25.02.2002
Example	Copy Copied! `admin@nvos:~$nv action clear system events Action executing ... Event table has been cleared Action succeeded`
REST API	POST https://<ip>/nvue_v1/system/events
Related Commands	nv show system events
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