DescriptionLevel
Critical condition
2 – critical
Error condition
3 – error
Warning condition
4 – warning
Normal but significant condition
5 – notification
Informational message only
6 – informational
Appears during debugging only
7 – debugging
The switch logs the most recent 100 messages of severity 0, 1, or 2 to the NVRAM log. You cannot configure
logging to the NVRAM.
You can configure which system messages should be logged based on the facility that generated the message
and its severity level.
Syslog Servers
Syslog servers run on remote systems that are configured to log system messages based on the syslog protocol.
You can configure the Cisco Nexus Series switch to sends logs to up to eight syslog servers.
To support the same configuration of syslog servers on all switches in a fabric, you can use Cisco Fabric
Services (CFS) to distribute the syslog server configuration.
When the switch first initializes, messages are sent to syslog servers only after the network is initialized.Note
Licensing Requirements for System Message Logging
License RequirementProduct
System message logging requires no license. Any
feature not included in a license package is bundled
with the Cisco NX-OS system images and is provided
at no extra charge to you. For a complete explanation
of the Cisco NX-OS licensing scheme, see the Cisco
NX-OS Licensing Guide.
Cisco NX-OS
   Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
96 OL-31641-01   
Configuring System Message Logging
Syslog Servers