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Using the CLI
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Syslogs
The CLI uses syslog support to send logging messages to a remote syslog
server. The user configures the switch to generate all logging messages to a
remote log server. If no remote log server exists, then the CLI maintains a
rolling log of at most the last 1000 critical system events.
The following rules and specifications apply:
• The CLI permits the user to configure a remote syslog server to which all
system logging messages are sent.
• Log messages are implementation-dependent but may contain debug
messages, security or fault events.
• If a log server is not specified by the user, the CLI maintains at most the
last 1000 critical system events. In this case, less important events are not
recorded.
Security Logs
Security logs are maintained to record all security events including the
following:
• User login.
• User logout.
• Denied login attempts.
• User attempt to exceed security access level.
• Denied attempts by external management system to access the system.
The security log record contains the following information:
• The user name, if available, or the protocol being accessed if the event is
related to a remote management system.
• The IP address from which the user is connecting or the IP address of the
remote management system.
• A description of the security event.
• A timestamp of the event
If syslog is available, the CLI sends the security log records to the syslog
server. If syslog is not available, the CLI records the last 1000 security log
records in a log separate from the system log records itemized above. Also in
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