PurposeCommand or Action
• 2 – critical
• 3 – error
• 4 – warning
• 5 – notification
• 6 – informational
• 7 – debugging
The file size is from 4096 to 10485760 bytes.
Disables logging to the log file. You can
optionally specify a maximum file size. The
(Optional) switch(config)# no logging logfile
[logfile-name severity-level [size bytes]]
Step 3
default severity level is 5 and the file size is
4194304.
Displays the logging configuration. You can
optionally specify a maximum file size. The
(Optional) switch# show logging info
Step 4
default severity level is 5 and the file size is
4194304.
Copies the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
(Optional) switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Step 5
Example
The following example shows how to configure a switch to log system messages to a file:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# logging logfile my_log 6 size 4194304
The following example shows how to display the logging configuration (some of the output has been
removed for brevity):
switch# show logging info
Logging console: enabled (Severity: debugging)
Logging monitor: enabled (Severity: debugging)
Logging timestamp: Seconds
Logging server: disabled
Logging logfile: enabled
Name - my_log: Severity - informational Size - 4194304
Facility Default Severity Current Session Severity
-------- ---------------- ------------------------
aaa 3 3
afm 3 3
altos 3 3
auth 0 0
authpriv 3 3
bootvar 5 5
callhome 2 2
capability 2 2
cdp 2 2
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Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging to a File