Cisco Systems UCSCPCIEBTG, 57712 Sending the Cimc Log to a Remote Server, Local-syslog-severity

Viewing Logs

Sending the CIMC Log to a Remote Server

	Command or Action	Purpose
		Note	CIMC does not log any messages with a severity
			below the selected severity. For example, if you
			select error, then the CIMC log will contain all
			messages with the severity Emergency, Alert,
			Critical, or Error. It will not show Warning, Notice,
			Informational, or Debug messages.
Step 4	Server /cimc/log # commit	Commits the transaction to the system configuration.
Step 5	Server /cimc/log # show	(Optional)
	local-syslog-severity	Displays the configured severity level.

This example shows how to configure the logging of messages with a minimum severity of Warning:

Server# scope cimc

Server /cimc # scope log

Server /cimc/log		# set local-syslog-severity warning
Server /cimc/log		*# commit
Server	/cimc/log	# show local-syslog-severity
Local Syslog		Severity: warning
Server	/cimc/log	#

Sending the CIMC Log to a Remote Server

You can configure profiles for one or two remote syslog servers to receive CIMC log entries.

Before You Begin

•The remote syslog server must be configured to receive logs from a remote host.

•The remote syslog server must be configured to receive all types of logs, including authentication-related logs.

•The remote syslog server's firewall must be configured to allow syslog messages to reach the syslog server.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Server# scope cimc	Enters the CIMC command mode.
Step 2	Server /cimc # scope log	Enters the CIMC log command mode.
Step 3	Server /cimc/log # set	(Optional)
	remote-syslog-severity level	The severity level can be one of the following, in decreasing
		order of severity:
		• emergency
		• alert

	Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5
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