Dell PowerConnect 8024, User Configuration Manual

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Monitoring and Logging System Information
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logging
{buffered|console| file}
[
severity
]
Enable logging to the specified file. Optionally, you can
define a logging discriminator to help filter log messages
and set the severity of the messages to log.
• buffered — Enables logging to the RAM file (cache). If
the switch resets, the buffered logs are cleared.
•
console
— Enables logging to the screen when you are
connected to the CLI through the console port.
•
file
— Enables logging to the startup and operational log
files on the flash.
• discriminator disc-name — (Optional) Include a
message discriminator to help filter log messages. The
disc-name
can contain up to eight alphanumeric
characters. Spaces are not permitted.
• severity — (Optional) Enter the number or name of the
desired severity level. For information about severity
levels, see Table 11-1.
logging facility facility-
type
Set the facility for logging messages. Permitted
facility-
type
values are local0, local1, local2, local3, local4, local5,
local 6, local7
CTRL + Z Exit to Privileged EXEC mode.
show logging
Displays the state of logging and the syslog messages
stored in the internal buffer.
show logging file View information about the flash (persistent) log file.
clear logging Use to clear messages from the logging buffer.
Command Purpose