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Chapter 29 Configuring System Message Logging
Understanding How the System Message Logging Works
If a system failure occurs, the system syslog-dump allows you to write the system messages in the syslog
buffer to a flash file, capturing the pertinent syslog information before the system fails. If the system core
dump is enabled, the syslog is dumped before the core.
Note
The messages that are redirected to a syslog server are delayed up to 90 seconds.
Table 29-1
describes the facility types that are supported by the system message logs.
Table 29-1
System Message Log Facility Types
Facility Name
Definition
all
All facilities
acl
ACL facility
cdp
Cisco Discovery Protocol
cops
Common Open Policy Server
dtp
Dynamic Trunking Protocol
dvlan
Dynamic VLAN
earl
Enhanced Address Recognition Logic
filesys
File System
gvrp
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
ip
Internet Protocol
kernel
Kernel
ld
ASLB facility
mcast
Multicast
mgmt
Management
mls
Multilayer Switching
pagp
Port Aggregation Protocol
protfilt
Protocol Filter
pruning
VTP pruning
privatevlan
Private VLAN facility
qos
Quality of Service
radius
Remote Access Dial-In User Service
rsvp
ReSerVation Protocol
security
Security
snmp
Simple Network Management Protocol
spantree
Spanning Tree Protocol
sys
System
tac
Terminal Access Controller
tcp
Transmission Control Protocol