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Syslog Commands
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DELL CONFIDENTIAL – PRELIMINARY 9/13/06 – FOR PROOF ONLY
Syntax
logging
{
ip-address
|
hostname
}
[
port
port
]
[
severity
level
] [
facility
facility
]
[
description
text
]
no logging
{
ip-address
|
hostname
}
•
ip-address
— IP address or URL of the host to be used as a syslog server.
•
hostname
— Specifies the host name of the syslog server. (Range: 1-158 characters)
•
port
— Specifies the port number for syslog messages. (Range: 1 - 65535)
•
level
— Specifies the severity level of logged messages sent to the syslog servers.
Possible values:
emergencies, alerts
,
critical
,
errors, warnings
,
notifications,
informational
and
debugging
.
•
facility
— Specifies the facility that is indicated in the message. Possible values:
local0,
local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local 6, local7
.
•
text
— Syslog server description. (Range: 1-64 characters)
Default Configuration
The default port number is 514.
The default logging message level is
informational
.
The default facility is local7.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
•
Up to 8 syslog servers can be used.
•
If no specific severity level is specified, the global values apply to each server.
Example
The following example limits logged messages sent to the syslog server with IP address 10.1.1.1
to severity level
critical
.
logging console
The
logging console
Global Configuration mode command limits messages logged to the
console based on severity. To disable logging to the console, use the
no
form of this command.
Console(config)#
logging
10.1.1.1
severity
critical
