Cisco Systems Including the Date and Time in Syslog Messages, Disabling a Syslog Message, Changing the Severity Level of a Syslog Message, Limiting the Rate of Syslog Message Generation

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Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
Chapter76 Configuring Logging
Configuring Logging
Including the Date and Time in Syslog Messages
To include the date and time in syslog messages, enter the following command:
Disabling a Syslog Message
To disable a specified syslog message, enter the following command:
Changing the Severity Level of a Syslog Message
To change the severity level of a syslog message, enter the following command:
Limiting the Rate of Syslog Message Generation
To limit the rate of syslog message generation, perform the following steps:
Step1 Choose Configuration > Device Management > Logging > Rate Limit.
Step2 Choose the logging level (message severity level) to which you want to assign rate limits. Severity levels
are defined as follows:
Path Purpose
Configuration > Device Management > Logging > Syslog
Setup
Specifies that syslog messages should include the date and
time that they were generated.
Path Purpose
Configuration > Device Management > Logging > Syslog
Setup
Prevents the ASAfrom generating a particular syslog message.
Path Purpose
Configuration > Device Management > Logging > Syslog
Setup
Specifies the severity level of a syslog message.
Description Severity Level
Emergency 0—System is unusable
Alert 1—Immediate action is needed
Critical 2—Critical conditions
Error 3—Error conditions
Warning 4—Warning conditions
Notification 5—Normal but significant conditions