Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

PurposeCommand or Action
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Step 9
The following example shows how to configure a logging level of 3 for the console:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# logging console 3
The following example shows how to display the console logging configuration:
switch# show logging console
Logging console: enabled (Severity: error)
The following example shows how to disable logging for the console:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# no logging console
The following example shows how to configure a logging level of 4 for the terminal session:
switch# terminal monitor
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# logging monitor 4
The following example shows how to display the terminal session logging configuration:
switch# show logging monitor
Logging monitor: enabled (Severity: warning)
The following example shows how to disable logging for the terminal session:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# no logging monitor
Configuring System Message Logging to a File
You can configure the switch to log system messages to a file. By default, system messages are logged to the
file log:messages.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Configures the name of the log file used to store system
messages and the minimum severity level to log. You can
switch(config)# logging logfile
logfile-name severity-level [size
bytes]
Step 2
optionally specify a maximum file size. The default
severity level is 5 and the file size is 4194304.
Severity levels range from 0 to 7:
• 0 – emergency
• 1 – alert
• 2 – critical
• 3 – error
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Configuring System Message Logging to a File