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Monitoring and Logging System 
Information
This chapter provides information about the features you use to monitor the 
switch, including logging, cable tests, and email alerting. The topics covered 
in this chapter include:
• System Monitoring Overview
• Default Log Settings
• Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (Web)
• Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (CLI)
• Logging Configuration Examples
System Monitoring Overview
What System Information Is Monitored?
The CLI and web-based interfaces provide information about physical 
aspects of the switch, such as system health and cable diagnostics, as well as 
information about system events, such as management login history. The 
switch also reports system resource usage.
The system logging utility can monitor a variety of events, including the 
following: 
• System events — System state changes and errors that range in severity 
from Emergency to Debug
• Audit events — Attempts to login or logout from the switch and attempts 
to perform any operations with files on the flash drive 
• CLI commands — Commands executed from the CLI
• Web page visits — Pages viewed by using OpenManage Switch 
Administrator
• SNMP events — SNMP 
set
 operations