D.1 Message Format

Each message written by the driver begins with a message identifier. The text of the message follows the message identifier. A diagnostic code, meaningful to the Novell product support team, follows the message text.

Example message:

OBJ010I Trawl complete. aas1625

In this example, the message identifier is OBJ010I. The message text is Trawl complete. The diagnostic code is aas1625.

The last character of the message identifier represents one of the following possible severity codes:

Table D-1 Message Severity Codes

D

Debugging

I

Informational

W

Warning

E

Error

Each message identifier begins with a code of 3-5 characters associated with the driver component that generated the message. Message explanations in this reference are grouped according to these codes so you can find them quickly.