Dell Force10 E300, Configuration Manual

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Send System Messages to a Syslog Server
Send system messages to a syslog server by specifying a server:
Configure a Unix System as a Syslog Server
Configure a UNIX system as a syslog server by adding the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf on the Unix
system and assigning write permissions to the file.
• on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system, add the line:
local7.debugging /var/log/force10.log
• on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system, add the line:
local7.debugging /var/adm/force10.log
In the lines above,
local7
is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.
Change System Logging Settings
You can change the default system logging settings (severity level and the storage location). The default is
to log all messages up to debug level.
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Specify the server to which you want to send system
messages. You can configure up to eight syslog servers,
which may be IPv4 and/or IPv6 addressed.
logging
{
ip-address
|
ipv6-address
|
hostname
}
CONFIGURATION
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
logging buffer.
logging buffered
level
CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
console.
logging console
level
CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to
terminal lines.
logging monitor
level
CONFIGURATION
Specifying the minimum severity level for logging to a
syslog server.
logging trap
level
CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
syslog history table.
logging history
level
CONFIGURATION