Datasheet

Lab – Configuring Syslog and NTP
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R2(config-if)#
Jul 5 10:08:29.742: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Loopback1, changed state to
administratively down
Jul 5 10:08:30.742: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Loopback1,
changed state to down
i. Observe the syslog server output. Compare this result with the results at trapping level 4. What is your
observation?
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More log messages were trapped when the severity was set to 6 (informational) than when it was set at 4
(warnings).
Reflection
What is the problem with setting the level of severity too high (lowest level number) or too low (highest level
number) for syslog?
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When the severity level is set too high (lowest level number), the generated log could be missing important,
but not critical messages. However, setting it too low (highest level number), it can generate too many entries
and fill the logs with unnecessary information.