Cisco Nexus 3548 - Configuring System Message Logging to a File

PurposeCommand or Action
(Optional)
Displays the console logging configuration.
switch# show logging console
Step 7
(Optional)
Displays the monitor logging configuration.
switch# show logging monitor
Step 8
(Optional)
Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.
switch# copy running-config
startup-config
Step 9
The following example shows how to configure a logging level of 3 for the console:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# logging console 3
The following example shows how to display the console logging configuration:
switch# show logging console
Logging console: enabled (Severity: error)
The following example shows how to disable logging for the console:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# no logging console
The following example shows how to configure a logging level of 4 for the terminal session:
switch# terminal monitor
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# logging monitor 4
The following example shows how to display the terminal session logging configuration:
switch# show logging monitor
Logging monitor: enabled (Severity: warning)
The following example shows how to disable logging for the terminal session:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# no logging monitor
Configuring System Message Logging to a File
You can configure the switch to log system messages to a file. By default, system messages are logged to the
file log:messages.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Configures the name of the log file used to store system
messages and the minimum severity level to log. You can
switch(config)# logging logfile
logfile-name severity-level [size
bytes]
Step 2
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Configuring System Message Logging
Configuring System Message Logging to a File