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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 24 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
You can remotely monitor system messages by viewing the logs on a syslog server or by accessing the
switch through Telnet or through the console port.
Configuring System Message Logging
• System Log Message Format, page 24-2
• Default System Message Logging Configuration, page 24-3
• Disabling Message Logging, page 24-3 (optional)
• Setting the Message Display Destination Device, page 24-4 (optional)
• Synchronizing Log Messages, page 24-5 (optional)
• Enabling and Disabling Time Stamps on Log Messages, page 24-7 (optional)
• Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages, page 24-7 (optional)
• Defining the Message Severity Level, page 24-8 (optional)
• Limiting Syslog Messages Sent to the History Table and to SNMP, page 24-9 (optional)
• Enabling the Configuration-Change Logger, page 24-10 (optional)
• Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers, page 24-11 (optional)
System Log Message Format
System log messages can contain up to 80 characters and a percent sign (%), which follows the optional
sequence number or time-stamp information, if configured. Messages appear in this format:
seq no:timestamp: %facility-severity-MNEMONIC:description
The part of the message preceding the percent sign depends on the setting of the service
sequence-numbers, service timestamps log datetime, service timestamps log datetime [localtime]
[msec] [show-timezone], or service timestamps log uptime global configuration command.
Table 24-1 describes the elements of syslog messages.
Table 24-1 System Log Message Elements
Element Description
seq no: Stamps log messages with a sequence number only if the service sequence-numbers global
configuration command is configured.
For more information, see the “Enabling and Disabling Sequence Numbers in Log Messages”
section on page 24-7.
timestamp formats:
mm/dd hh:mm:ss
or
hh:mm:ss (short uptime)
or
d h (long uptime)
Date and time of the message or event. This information appears only if the service timestamps
log [datetime | log] global configuration command is configured.
For more information, see the “Enabling and Disabling Time Stamps on Log Messages” section
on page 24-7.
facility The facility to which the message refers (for example, SNMP, SYS, and so forth). For a list of
supported facilities, see Table 24-4 on page 24-13.