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Chapter 37 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging on the Switch
This example shows how to set the logging severity level to 5 for all facilities (for the current session
only):
Console> (enable) set logging level all 5
All system logging facilities for this session set to severity 5(notifications)
Console> (enable)
This example shows how to set the default logging severity level to 3 for the cdp facility:
Console> (enable) set logging level cdp 3 default
System logging facility <cdp> set to severity 3(errors)
Console> (enable)
Enabling and Disabling the Logging Time Stamp
To enable or disable the logging time stamp, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to enable the time-stamp display on system logging messages:
Console> (enable) set logging timestamp enable
System logging messages timestamp will be enabled.
Console> (enable)
Setting the Logging Buffer Size
To set the number of messages to log to the logging buffer, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to set the logging buffer size to 200 messages:
Console> (enable) set logging buffer 200
System logging buffer size set to <200>
Console> (enable)
Limiting the Number of syslog Messages
You can limit the number of syslog messages that are sent to the history table and the SNMP network
management station based on severity. The default severity is set to warnings(4).
Task
Command
Step 1
Enable or disable the logging time stamp.
set logging timestamp {enable | disable}
Step 2
Verify the logging time-stamp state.
show logging [noalias]
Task
Command
Step 1
Set the number of messages to log to the logging
buffer.
set logging buffer buffer_size
Step 2
Verify the system message logging configuration. show logging [noalias]