Enhancements

Release M.10.66 Enhancements

Adding a Description for a Syslog Server

You can associate a user-friendly description with each of the IP addresses (IPv4 only) configured for syslog using the CLI or SNMP. The CLI command is:

Syntax: logging <ip-addr> control-descr <text_string>]

no logging <ip-addr> [control-descr]

An optional user-friendly description that can be associated with a server IP address. If no description is entered, this is blank. If <text_string> contains white space, use quotes around the string. IPv4 addresses only. Use the no form of the command to remove the description.

Limit: 255 characters

Note: To remove the description using SNMP, set the description to an empty string.

ProCurve(config)# logging 10.10.10.2 control-descr syslog_one

Figure 29. Example of the Logging Command with a Control Description

Caution

Entering the no logging command removes ALL the syslog server addresses without a verification prompt.

Adding a Priority Description

You can add a user-friendly description for the set of syslog filter parameters using the priority-descroption. The description can be added with the CLI or SNMP. The CLI command is:

Syntax: logging priority-descr <text_string> no logging priority-descr

Provides a user-friendly description for the combined filter values of severity and system module. If no description is entered, this is blank. If <text_string> contains white space, use quotes around the string. Use the no form of the command to remove the description.

Limit: 255 characters

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