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● Disable all logging except on the console.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging on
● Disable logging to the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging buffer
● Disable logging to terminal lines.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging monitor
● Disable console logging.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging console
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server
To send system messages to a specified syslog server, use the following command. The following syslog standards are
supported: RFC 5424 The SYSLOG Protocol, R.Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH, March 2009, obsoletes RFC 3164 and RFC 5426
Transmission of Syslog Messages over UDP.
● Specify the server to which you want to send system messages. You can configure up to eight syslog servers.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging {ip-address | ipv6-address | hostname} {{udp {port}} | {tcp {port}}}
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server
To configure a UNIX System as a syslog server, use the following command.
● Configure a UNIX system as a syslog server by adding the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf on the UNIX system and
assigning write permissions to the file.
○ Add line on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/log/ftos.log
○ Add line on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/adm/ftos.log
In the previous lines, local7 is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity 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
DellEMC#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
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