Operation Manual – Information Center
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Information Center
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II. Network diagram
Network
Switch
PC
Figure 1-1
Network diagram for log output to a Unix log host
III. Configuration procedure
1)
Configure the switch:
# Enable the information center.
<Switch> system-view
[Switch] info-center enable
# Disable the function of outputting information to log host channels.
[Switch] undo info-center source default channel loghost
# Configure the host whose IP address is 202.38.1.10 as the log host. Permit ARP and
IP modules to output information with severity level higher than informational to the log
host.
[Switch] info-center loghost 202.38.1.10 facility local4
[Switch] info-center source arp channel loghost log level informational debug
state off trap state off
[Switch] info-center source ip channel loghost log level informational debug
state off trap state off
2)
Configure the log host:
The operations here are performed on SunOS 4.0. The operations on other
manufacturers' Unix operation systems are similar.
Step 1: Execute the following commands as the super user (root user).
# mkdir /var/log/Switch
# touch /var/log/Switch/information
Step 2: Edit the file “/etc/syslog.conf” as the super user (root user) to add the following
selector/action pairs.
# Switch configuration messages
local4.info /var/log/Switch/information