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Chapter
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Using Syslog
Table 2 37 lists individual Dell PowerConnect switches and the Syslog features they support.
This chapter describes how to display Syslog messages and how to configure the Syslog facility,
and lists the Syslog messages that Dell PowerConnect devices can display during standard
operation.
NOTE
This chapter does not list Syslog messages that can be displayed when a debug option is enabled.
Overview
Dell software can write syslog messages to provide information at the following severity levels:
Emergencies
Alerts
Critical
TABLE 237 Supported Syslog features
Feature PowerConnect B-Series FCX
Syslog messages Yes
Real-time display of Syslog messages Yes
Real-time display for Telnet or SSH
sessions
Yes
Show log on all terminals Yes
Time stamps Yes
Multiple Syslog server logging (up to 6
Syslog servers)
Yes
Disabling logging of a message level Yes
Changing the number of entries the local
buffer can hold
Yes
Changing the log facility Yes
Displaying Interface names in Syslog
messages
Yes
Displaying TCP and UDP port numbers in
Syslog messages
Yes
Retaining Syslog messages after a soft
reboot
Yes
Clearing Syslog messages from the local
buffer
Yes