Chapter2 Monitoring the System
Logging
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Default Log Configuration
System IOS components (ASI cards, MRP cards, and the SSP card) ship with the
default logging configuration shown inTable 2-4.
Tip To view the state of syslog error and event logging, including host addresses
and whether console logging is enabled, enter the IOS showlogging
command.
Configuring the Syslog Daemon on UNIX Syslog Servers
Before you can send log messages to a UNIX syslog server, you must configure
the syslog daemon on the UNIX server.To configure the syslog daemon, log in as
root and include a line such as the following in the file syslog.conf:
facility
.
level
/
syslog path
/
myfile.log
where
•facility is the log facility keyword (see Table 2-2)
•level is the severity level (seeTable 2-3)
Table2-4 Default Logging Configuration
Configuration Parameters Default Setting
System message logging to the console Disabled
System message logging to Telnet sessions Disabled
Log server Disabled
Syslog server IP address None configured
Server facility LOCAL7
Server severity Warnings (4)
Logging buffer size 500
Logging history size 1
Timestamp option Disabled