Chapter8
SYSLOGConīguration
TableofContents
SysLogOverview.......................................................................................................8-1
ConīæguringSyslog.....................................................................................................
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SyslogConīægurationExample....................................................................................8-2
8.1SysLogOverview
SysLogisakindoflogformats,whichisusedtorecordthecharactertexttobeprinted.
SysLogisoriginatedfromUNIXoperatingsystem,anditisusedtorecordsystemlog.
Theformatoflogconsistsofthefollowingthreeparts:
lPRI:Itiscomposedbyanglebracketsandnumbers.Thenumbersrepresentmodule
idsandseverity.Therangeofmoduleidis0ā23.Therangeofseverityis1ā8.1is
theheaviest,and8isthelightest.
lHEADER:Itiscomposedbytimeandhostname.
lMSG:Itisthedetailedcontent.
SysLogsendsdatapacketstoSysLogserverbyusingUDP .Thedefaultportis514and
thesizeofUDPpacketislessthan1024bytes.
SystemdecideswhetherreportsthealarmmessagetoSysLogseveraccordingtothe
alarmlevelafterSysLogfunctionisenabled.
8.2ConīguringSyslog
ThisproceduredescribeshowtoconīæguretheSyslogfunction.
Steps
1.ConīæguretheSyslogfunction.
StepCommandFunction
1ZXR10(config)#sysloglevel<level>Setsthelevelinglobal
conīægurationmodefor
reportingalarmstotheSyslog
server.
Alarmswhoselevelsare
higherthanorequaltothe
setlevelarereportedtothe
Syslogserver.
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