Cisco Aironet 1100 Series - Setting a Logging Rate Limit; Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers

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Cisco Aironet 1100 Series Access Point Installation and Configuration Guide
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Chapter 20 Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging
When the history table is full (it contains the maximum number of message entries specified with the
logging history size global configuration command), the oldest message entry is deleted from the table
to allow the new message entry to be stored.
To return the logging of syslog messages to the default level, use the no logging history global
configuration command. To return the number of messages in the history table to the default value, use
the no logging history size global configuration command.
Setting a Logging Rate Limit
You can enable a limit on the number of messages that the access point logs per second. You can enable
the limit for all messages or for messages sent to the console, and you can specify that messages of a
specific severity are exempt from the limit.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to enable a logging rate limit:
To disable the rate limit, use the no logging rate-limit global configuration command.
Configuring UNIX Syslog Servers
The next sections describe how to configure the 4.3 BSD UNIX server syslog daemon and define the
UNIX system logging facility.
Step 5
show running-config Verify your entries.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
1. Table 20-3 lists the level keywords and severity level. For SNMP usage, the severity level values increase by 1. For example, emergencies
equal 1, not 0, and critical equals 3, not 2.
Command Purpose
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
logging rate-limit seconds
[all | console]
[except severity]
Enable a logging rate limit in seconds.
• (Optional) Apply the limit to all logging or only to
messages logged to the console.
• (Optional) Exempt a specific severity from the limit.
Step 3
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.