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Chapter 17 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages
Because there is a chance that more than one log message can have the same timestamp, you can display
messages with sequence numbers so that you can unambiguously refer to a single message. By default,
sequence numbers in log messages are not displayed.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable sequence numbers in log messages:
To disable sequence numbers, use the no service sequence-numbers global configuration command.
This example shows part of a logging display with sequence numbers enabled:
000019: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
Defining the Message Severity Level
You can limit messages displayed to the selected device by specifying the severity level of the message,
which are described in
Table 17-3
.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to define the message severity level:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
service sequence-numbers
Enable sequence numbers.
Step 3
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
show running-config
Verify your entries.
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
logging console level
Limit messages logged to the console.
By default, the console receives debugging messages and numerically
lower levels (see
Table 17-3 on page 17-9
).
Step 3
logging monitor level
Limit messages logged to the terminal lines.
By default, the terminal receives debugging messages and numerically
lower levels (see
Table 17-3 on page 17-9
).
Step 4
logging trap level
Limit messages logged to the syslog servers.
By default, syslog servers receive informational messages and
numerically lower levels (see
Table 17-3 on page 17-9
).
For complete syslog server configuration steps, see the
“Configuring
UNIX Syslog Servers” section on page 17-10
.
Step 5
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.