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Syslog

This section provides information about the Syslog feature.

Overview

Syslog:

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Allows you to store system messages and/or errors

Can store to local files on the switch or a remote server running a syslog daemon Method of collecting message logs from many systems

Persistent Log Files

•Currently three - one for each of the last three sessions

•Each log has two parts:

-Start up log is the first 32 messages after system startup

-Operational log is the last 32 messages received after the startup log is full

•Files are stored in ASCII format

-slog0.txt - slog2.txt

-olog0.txt - olog2.txt

Where 0 is for the boot, 1 is for the last boot, 2 is for the boot before that, and the third one falls off.

•Can be saved to local server to monitor at a later point in time

Interpreting Log Files

<130> JAN 01 00:00:06 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN [0x800023]: bootos.c(386) 4 %% Event (0xaaaaaaaa)

AB C D E F G H I

A.Priority

B.Timestamp

C.Stack ID

D.Component Name

E.Thread ID

F.File Name

G.Line Number

H Sequence Number

I. Message