Setup Guide

• Specify the size of the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging buffered size
NOTE: When you decrease the buffer size, Dell EMC 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 EMC 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
DellEMC#show logging
Syslog logging: enabled
Console logging: level debugging
Monitor logging: level debugging
Buffer logging: level debugging, 67 Messages Logged, Size (40960 bytes)
Trap logging: level informational
00:24:05: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:21:23: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:20:46: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console
00:17:38: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-3-AUTHENTICATION_ENABLE_SUCCESS: Enable authentication success
on console
00:17:38: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-4-ENABLE_PASSW_NOT_CONFIGURED: Enable password is required for
authentication but not configured (by default from console)
00:00:22: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful on console
00:00:20: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %IFMGR-5-OSTATE_UP: Changed interface state to up: Ma 1/1
00:00:20: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %CHMGR-2-SYSTEM_READY: System ready
To view any changes made, use the show running-config logging command in EXEC privilege mode.
Configuring a UNIX Logging Facility Level
You can save system log messages with a UNIX system logging facility.
To configure a UNIX logging facility level, use the following command.
• Specify one of the following parameters.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging facility [facility-type]
• auth (for authorization messages)
• cron (for system scheduler messages)
• daemon (for system daemons)
• kern (for kernel messages)
• local0 (for local use)
• local1 (for local use)
• local2 (for local use)
• local3 (for local use)
• local4 (for local use)
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