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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 61 Configuring System Message Logging
System Message Logging Configuration
Figure 61-4 Switch Logging Tab in Device Manager
Step 2
Check the check boxes where you want message logging to occur (ConsoleEnable, TerminalEnable,
LineCardEnable).
Step 3 Choose the message severity threshold from the Console Severity drop-down box for each switch in
Fabric Manager (see Figure 61-3) or click the appropriate message severity level radio button in Device
Manager (see Figure 61-4).
Step 4 Click the Apply Changes icon in Fabric Manager, or click Apply in Device Manager to save and apply
your changes.
Log Files
Logging messages can be saved to a log file. You can configure the name of this file and restrict its size
as required. The default log file name is messages. The file name can have up to 80 characters and the
file size ranges from 4096 bytes to 4194304 bytes.
To send log messages to a file using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Select a switch in the Fabric pane.
Step 2 Expand Switches, expand Events and select SysLog in the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the SysLog information in the Information pane.
Step 3 Select a switch in the Information pane.
Step 4 Click the Switch Logging tab.
You see the information in Figure 61-5.