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Chapter 52 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
To change the level and history table size defaults, perform this task:
When the history table is full (it contains the maximum number of message entries specified with the
logging history size global configuration command), the oldest message entry is deleted from the table
to allow the new message entry to be stored.
To return the logging of syslog messages to the default level, use the no logging history global
configuration command. To return the number of messages in the history table to the default value, use
the no logging history size global configuration command.
Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers
The next sections describe how to configure the UNIX server syslog daemon and how to define the
UNIX system logging facility.

Logging Messages to a UNIX Syslog Daemon

Before you can send system log messages to a UNIX syslog server, you must configure the syslog
daemon on a UNIX server. This procedure is optional.
Note Some recent versions of UNIX syslog daemons no longer accept by default syslog packets from the
network. If applies to your system, use the UNIX man syslogd command to decide what options must
be added to or removed from the syslog command line to enable logging of remote syslog messages.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Switch# configure terminal Enters global configuration mode.
Step 2 Switch(config)# logging history level1
1. Table 52-3 lists the level keywords and severity level. For SNMP usage, the severity level values increase by 1. For example, emergencies
equal 1, not 0, and critical equals 3, not 2.
Changes the default level of syslog messages stored in
the history file and sent to the SNMP server.
See Table 52-3 on page 52-9 for a list of level
keywords.
By default, warnings, errors, critical, alerts, and
emergencies messages are sent.
Step 3 Switch(config)# logging history size number Specifies the number of syslog messages that can be
stored in the history table.
The default is to store one message. The range is 0 to
500 messages.
Step 4 Switch(config)# end Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5 Switch# show running-config Verifies your entries.
Step 6 Switch# copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.