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Chapter 28 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
•
System Log Message Format, page 28-2
•
Default System Message Logging Configuration, page 28-3
•
Disabling Message Logging, page 28-3
(optional)
•
Setting the Message Display Destination Device, page 28-4
(optional)
•
Synchronizing Log Messages, page 28-5
(optional)
•
Enabling and Disabling Time Stamps on Log Messages, page 28-7
(optional)
•
Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages, page 28-7
(optional)
•
Defining the Message Severity Level, page 28-8
(optional)
•
Limiting Syslog Messages Sent to the History Table and to SNMP, page 28-9
(optional)
•
Enabling the Configuration-Change Logger, page 28-10
(optional)
•
Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers, page 28-11
(optional)
System Log Message Format
System log messages can contain up to 80 characters and a percent sign (%), which follows the optional
sequence number or time-stamp information, if configured. Messages appear in this format:
seq no:timestamp: %facility-severity-MNEMONIC:description
The part of the message preceding the percent sign depends on the setting of the
service
sequence-numbers
,
service timestamps log datetime
,
service timestamps log datetime
[
localtime
]
[
msec
] [
show-timezone
], or
service timestamps log uptime
global configuration command.
describes the elements of syslog messages.
Table 28-1
System Log Message Elements
Element
Description
seq no:
Stamps log messages with a sequence number only if the
service sequence-numbers
global
configuration command is configured.
For more information, see the
“Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages”
.
timestamp
formats:
mm/dd hh:mm:ss
or
hh:mm:ss
(short uptime)
or
d h
(long uptime)
Date and time of the message or event. This information appears only if the
service timestamps
log
[
datetime | log
] global configuration
command is configured.
For more information, see the
“Enabling and Disabling Time Stamps on Log Messages” section
facility
The facility to which the message refers (for example, SNMP, SYS, and so forth). For a list of
supported facilities, see
.
severity
Single-digit code from 0 to 7 that is the severity of the message. For a description of the severity
levels, see
.