Enhancements in Release F.05.05 through F.05.70

Enhancements in Release F.05.05 through F.05.60

Syslog Overview

The switch’s Event Log records switch-level progress, status, and warning messages. The System- Logging (Syslog) feature provides a means for recording these messages on a remote server. The Syslog feature complies with RFC 3168. UNIX users know this capability as ’Syslogd’. Using Syslog you can send Event Log messages from multiple switches to a central location to help investigate and identify network-level problems. (Refer to Figure 4 below.)

You can configure the switch to send Event Log messages to up to six Syslog servers. Messages are sent to the User log facility (default) on the configured server(s) or to another log facility that you specify.

Two switches sending Event Log messages to the same facility on a single Syslog server.

Figure 4. A Syslog server collecting Event Log Messages from Multiple SwitchesSyslog Operation

Syslog is a client-server logging tool that allows a client switch to send event notification messages to a networked device operating with Syslog server software. Messages sent to a Syslog server can be stored to a file for later debugging analysis. Use of Syslog requires that you set up a Syslog server application on a networked host accessible to the switch. (Refer to the documentation for the Syslog server application you select.)

Syntax: [no] logging < syslog-ip-addr >

Enables or disables Syslog messaging to the specified IP address. You can configure up to six addresses.

no logging removes all currently configured Syslog logging destinations from the switch.

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