logging rate-limit
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OmniAccess 5740 Unified Services Gateway CLI Command Reference Guide
LOGGING RATE-LIMIT
logging rate-limit <1-10000> [<1-3600>] {{priority <0-7>|alerts
|critical|debugging|emergencies|errors|informational|
notifications|warnings}|tag <string> [subtag <string>]}}
DESCRIPTION
This command is entered in the Configuration Mode. This command is used to
limit the number of messages (in the range 1-10000) generated by a process
during a specified time interval. Tag and subtag string can have only one word.
PARAMETERS
DEFAULT VALUE
Default interval is 1 second.
EXAMPLE
2005 Nov 16 20:46:14: %snort-5-LOG: [1:499:4] ICMP Large ICMP
Packet
In the above message the tag is snort, priority is 5 and subtag is LOG.
To limit the number of messages coming from snort to, say, 5 in 2 seconds
execute the following command:
ALU(config)# logging rate-limit 5 2 tag snort
2003 Dec 22 18:41:10: %CLI-6-ACL: User created Filter policy f5
In this message the sub-tag is ACL. To have finer control, the subtag of a
particular tag can also be rate-limited.
To limit the number of messages coming from ACL's CLI plugin to 10 in a second,
execute the following command:
ALU(config)#logging rate-limit 10 tag cli subtag acl
Parameter Description
1-10000 Permissible number of messages. Varies
from 1-10000.
1-3600 Interval under consideration in seconds.
tag <string> The name of the process.
subtag <string> The name of the sub-process.
0-7 The priority of the message which has to
be rate-limited. Messages of lower-
priority will also be rate-limited.