Administrator Guide

logging monitor level
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to a syslog server.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging trap level
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the syslog history table.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging history level
Specify the size of the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging buffered size
NOTE: When you decrease the buffer size, the system deletes all messages stored in the buffer.
Increasing the buffer size does not affect messages in the buffer.
Specify the number of messages that the system saves to its logging history table.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging history size size
To view the logging buffer and configuration, use the show logging command in EXEC privilege mode, as
shown in the example for
Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration.
To view the logging configuration, use the show running-config logging command in privilege mode,
as shown in the example for
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level.
Display the Logging Buffer and the
Logging Configuration
To display the current contents of the logging buffer and the logging settings for the system, use the show
logging command in EXEC privilege mode. When RBAC is enabled, the security logs are filtered based on
the user roles. Only the security administrator and the system administrator can view the security logs.
Example of the show logging Command
Dell#show logging
syslog logging: enabled
Console logging: level Debugging
Monitor logging: level Debugging
Buffer logging: level Debugging, 40 Messages Logged, Size (40960 bytes)
Trap logging: level Informational
%IRC-6-IRC_COMMUP: Link to peer RPM is up
%RAM-6-RAM_TASK: RPM1 is transitioning to Primary RPM.
%RPM-2-MSG:CP1 %POLLMGR-2-MMC_STATE: External flash disk missing in 'slot0:'
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 0 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 2 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 4 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 5 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 8 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 10 present
%CHMGR-5-CARDDETECTED: Line card 12 present
%TSM-6-SFM_DISCOVERY: Found SFM 0
%TSM-6-SFM_DISCOVERY: Found SFM 1
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