From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   Several other vendors seem to have copied the DEC convention of using   
   a “%” character to prefix system messages. Here are some from a Cisco   
   3850 switch:   
      
   *Oct 21 15:30:22.936: %SMART_LIC-6-HA_ROLE_CHANGED: Smart Agent HA role   
   changed to Active.RA Tracing tool registry return: 0   
   *Oct 21 15:30:32.975: %SPANTREE-5-EXTENDED_SYSID: Extended SysId enabled for   
   type vlan   
   *Oct 21 15:30:34.683: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Lsmpi18/3, changed state to up   
   *Oct 21 15:30:34.687: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface EOBC18/1, changed state to up   
      
   *Oct 21 15:29:54.022: %STACKMGR-6-STACK_LINK_CHANGE: Switch 1 R0/0: stack_mgr:   
   Stack port 2 on Switch 1 is nocable   
   *Oct 21 15:29:54.022: %STACKMGR-4-SWITCH_ADDED: Switch 1 R0/0: stack_mgr:   
   Switch 1 has been added to the stack.   
      
   *Oct 21 15:30:35.186: %NGWC_USB_CONSOLE-6-USB_INSERT: Switch 1: USB cable   
   inserted. Console media-type USB is in effect   
   *Oct 21 15:30:35.735: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface   
   Lsmpi18/3, changed state to up   
   *Oct 21 15:30:35.745: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface   
   EOBC18/1, changed state to up   
      
   *Oct 21 15:30:40.676: %PKI-6-TRUSTPOINT_CREATE: Trustpoint: SLA-TrustPoint   
   created succesfully   
   *Oct 21 15:30:41.365: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console   
   *Oct 21 15:30:41.639: %SYS-5-CONFIG_P: Configured programmatically by process   
   CPP MQC QoS Policy manager from console as vty1   
      
   *Oct 21 15:30:43.042: %SSH-5-ENABLED: SSH 2.0 has been enabled   
   *Oct 21 15:30:43.259: %EVENT_TRACE-6-ENABLE: Trace already enabled.   
      
   (etc, etc)   
      
   Interestingly, this box is running something called “Open IOS XE”,   
   which is based on a Linux kernel, and the OS version dates from this   
   century.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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