System Management Commands 4

•level - One of the levels listed below. Messages sent include the selected level down to level 0. (Range: 0-7)

 

 

Table 4-18 Logging Levels

Level

Severity Name

 

Description

 

 

 

 

7

debugging

 

Debugging messages

 

 

 

 

6

informational

 

Informational messages only

 

 

 

 

5

notifications

 

Normal but significant condition, such as cold start

 

 

 

 

4

warnings

 

Warning conditions (e.g., return false, unexpected return)

 

 

 

 

3

errors

 

Error conditions (e.g., invalid input, default used)

 

 

 

 

2

critical

 

Critical conditions (e.g., memory allocation, or free

 

 

 

memory error - resource exhausted)

1

alerts

 

Immediate action needed

 

 

 

 

0

emergencies

 

System unusable

 

 

 

 

* There are only Level 2, 5 and 6 error messages for the current firmware release.

Default Setting

Flash: errors (level 3 - 0)

RAM: warnings (level 7 - 0)

Command Mode

Global Configuration

Command Usage

The message level specified for flash memory must be a higher priority (i.e., numerically lower) than that specified for RAM.

Example

Console(config)#logging history ram 0

Console(config)#

logging host

This command adds a syslog server host IP address that will receive logging messages. Use the no form to remove a syslog server host.

Syntax

[no] logging host host_ip_address

host_ip_address - The IP address of a syslog server.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Global Configuration

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