Managing Faults on Virtual Services Platform 7200 Series and 8000 Series Version 5.1.2

Chapter 9: Log configuration using ACLI
Use log files and messages to perform diagnostic and fault management functions.
Configuring a UNIX system log and syslog host
Configure the syslog to control a facility in UNIX machines that logs SNMP messages and assigns
each message a severity level based on importance.
About this task
You can log system log messages to external system log hosts with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
with no difference in functionality or configuration using ACLI.
Procedure
1. Enter Global Configuration mode:
enable
configure terminal
2. Enable the system log:
syslog enable
3. Specify the IP header in syslog packets:
syslog ip-header-type <circuitless-ip|default>
4. Configure the maximum number of syslog hosts:
syslog max-hosts <1-10>
5. Create the syslog host:
syslog host <1-10>
6. Configure the IP address for the syslog host:
syslog host <1-10> address WORD <0–46>
7. Enable the syslog host:
syslog host <1-10> enable
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