Troubleshooting

Debug/Syslog Operation

Logging Command

At the global configuration level, the logging command allows you to enable debug logging on specified Syslog servers and select a subset of Event Log messages to send for debugging purposes according to:

 

Severity level

 

System module

 

By specifying both a severity level and system module, you can use both

 

configured settings to filter the Event Log messages you want to use to

 

troubleshoot switch or network error conditions.

 

 

C a u t i o n

After you configure a Syslog server and a severity level and/or system module

 

to filter the Event Log messages that are sent, if you save these settings to the

 

startup configuration file by entering the write memory command, these debug

 

and logging settings are automatically re-activated after a switch reboot or

 

power recycle. The debug settings and destinations configured in your

 

previous troubleshooting session will then be applied to the current session,

 

which may not be desirable.

 

After a reboot, messages remain in the Event Log and are not deleted.

 

However, after a power recycle, all Event Log messages are deleted.

 

If you configure a severity level and/or system module to temporarily filter

 

Event Log messages, be sure to reset the values to their default settings by

 

entering the no form of the following commands to ensure that Event Log

 

messages of all severity levels and from all system modules are sent to

 

configured Syslog servers:

 

ProCurve(config)# no logging severity < debug major error warning info>

 

ProCurve(config)# no logging system-module < system-module>

Configuring a Syslog Server

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.

To use the Syslog feature, you must install and configure a Syslog server application on a networked host accessible to the switch. Refer to the docu­ mentation for the Syslog server application for instructions.

To configure a Syslog server, use the logging < syslog-ip-addr> command as described below.

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