Specifications

Configuring Syslog
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Example
Thissampleoutputfromtheshowloggingservercommandshowsthattwoservershavebeen
addedtothedevice’sSyslogserverlist.TheseserversareusingthedefaultUDPport514toreceive
messagesfromclientsandareconfiguredtologmessagesfromthelocal1andlocal2facilities,
respectively.Loggingseverity
onbothserversissetat5(acceptingmessagesatseveritylevels5
through1).Usingthecommandsdescribedinthenextsection,thesesettingscanbechangedona
per‐serverbasis,orforallservers.
Switch1(rw)->show logging server
IP Address Facility Severity Description Port Status
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 132.140.82.111 local1 warning(5) default 514 enabled
2 132.140.90.84 local2 warning(5) default 514 enabled
Modifying Syslog Server Defaults
Unlessotherwisespecified,theswitchwillusethedefaultserversettingslistedinTable 4forits
configuredSyslogservers:
Usethefollowingcommandstochangethesesettingseitherduringorafterenablinganewserver.
Displaying System Logging Defaults
Todisplaysystemloggingdefaults,oralllogginginformation,includingdefaults:
show logging {default|all}
Modifying Default Settings
Youcanchangefactorydefaultloggingsettingsusingoneofthefollowingmethods.
•Tospecifyloggingparametersduringorafternewserversetup:
set logging server index ip-addr ip-addr [facility facility] [severity
severity] [descr descr] [port port] state enable
Ifnotspecified,optionalserverparameterswillbesettothesystemdefaultslistedinTable 4.
ReferbacktoFilteringbySeverityandFacilityandtoTable 1formoreinformationonhow
theseparametersoperate.
•Tochangedefaultparametersforallservers:
set logging default {[facility facility] [severity severity] [port port]}
Table 4 Syslog Server Default Settings
Parameter Default Setting
facility local4
severity 8 (accepting all levels)
descr no description applied
port UDP port 514