Users 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, Dell Networking OS deletes all messages stored in the buffer.
Increasing the buffer size does not affect messages in the buffer.
• Specify the number of messages that Dell Networking OS 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
Configure 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 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, 389 Messages Logged, Size (40960 bytes)
Trap logging: level informational
Oct 13 17:50:24: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from vty0 by admin
Oct 13 17:45:01: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from vty0 by admin
Oct 13 17:32:26: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from vty0 by admin
Oct 13 17:24:11: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-3-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLE_SUCCESS: Enable
authentication success on vty0 for user admin
Oct 13 17:24:04: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful for user
admin on line vty0
Oct 12 21:44:20: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGOUT: Exec session is terminated for user
admin on line vty0
Oct 12 21:44:19: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from vty0 by admin
Oct 12 21:38:25: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-3-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLE_SUCCESS: Enable
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