Operation Manual – Information Center 
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 1  Information Cente
 
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II. Network diagram 
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Figure 1-2 Network diagram for log output to a Linux log host 
III. Configuration procedure 
1)  Configure the switch: 
# Enable the information center. 
<Quidway> system-view 
[Quidway] info-center enable 
# Configure the host whose IP address is 202.38.1.10 as the log host. Set the output 
language to English. Permit all modules to output information with severity level higher 
than error to the log host. 
[Quidway] info-center loghost 202.38.1.10 facility local7 language english 
[Quidway] info-center source default channel loghost log level errors debug 
state off trap state off 
2)  Configure the log host: 
Step 1: Execute the following commands as the superuser (root user). 
# mkdir /var/log/Quidway 
# touch /var/log/Quidway/information 
Step 2: Edit the file “/etc/syslog.conf” as the superuser (root user) to add the following 
selector/action pair. 
# Quidway configuration messages 
local7.info    /var/log/Quidway/information