4 Command Line Interface

show logging

This command displays the configuration settings for logging messages to local switch memory, to an SMTP event handler, or to a remote syslog server.

Syntax

show logging {flash ram sendmail trap}

flash - Displays settings for storing event messages in flash memory (i.e., permanent memory).

ram - Displays settings for storing event messages in temporary RAM (i.e., memory flushed on power reset).

sendmail - Displays settings for the SMTP event handler (page 4-51).

trap - Displays settings for the trap function.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Privileged Exec

Example

The following example shows that system logging is enabled, the message level for flash memory is “errors” (i.e., default level 3 - 0), and the message level for RAM is “debugging” (i.e., default level 7 - 0).

Console#show logging flash

Syslog logging:

Enabled

History logging in FLASH: level errors

Console#show logging ram

Syslog logging:

Enabled

History logging in RAM: level debugging

Console#

 

 

 

Table 4-19 show logging flash/ram - display description

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

Syslog logging

Shows if system logging has been enabled via the logging on command.

 

 

History logging in FLASH

The message level(s) reported based on the logging history command.

 

 

History logging in RAM

The message level(s) reported based on the logging history command.

 

 

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