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Send System Messages to a Syslog Server
Send system messages to a syslog server by specifying the server with the following command:
Configure a Unix System as a Syslog Server
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.
• on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system, add the line: local7.debugging /var/log/ftos.log
• on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system, add the line: local7.debugging /var/adm/ftos.log
In the lines above, local7 is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.
Change System Logging Settings
You can change the default settings of the system logging by changing the severity level and the storage
location. The default is to log all messages up to debug level, that is, all system messages. By changing the
severity level in the logging commands, you control the number of system messages logged.
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Specify the server to which you want to send system
messages. You can configure up to eight syslog servers.
logging {ip-address | hostname} CONFIGURATION
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the logging buffer.
logging buffered level CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the console. logging console level
CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to terminal lines.
logging monitor level
CONFIGURATION
Specifying the minimum severity level for logging to a syslog server. logging trap level
CONFIGURATION
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the syslog history
table.
logging history level
CONFIGURATION
Task Command Syntax Command Mode
Specify the size of the logging buffer.
Note: When you decrease the buffer size, FTOS deletes
all messages stored in the buffer. Increasing the buffer
size does not affect messages in the buffer.
logging buffered size CONFIGURATION