Specifications

Appendix C Troubleshooting
Log File Information
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Log File Information
The CSS provides logging capabilities for debug and system monitoring by
generating the log files described in Table C-6.
Table C-6 CSS Log File Descriptions
Log File
Log File Destination
Records
Default
Location
Alternate
Location
Boot.log Hard disk
and console
or flash disk
and console
None Results of the boot process.
Boot.bak Hard disk
and console
or flash disk
and console
None Backup of a boot log file. Each time you
reboot the CSS, the software renames
the current boot log file to boot.log.prev
and starts a new boot log file. The CSS
overwrites an existing backup boot log
file when a boot log file is renamed.
Sys.log Hard disk or
flash disk
Console
syslogd
VTY1
VTY2
Log information for user-defined
subsystem or CLI commands. By
default, logging is enabled and logs
subsystem all with level warning. The
CSS creates sys.log to record this log
information.
Sys.log.pr
ev
Hard disk or
flash disk
Console
syslogd
VTY1
VTY2
Backup of a system log file. When a
system log file reaches its maximum size
(50 MB, for a hard disk-based CSS; 10
MB, for a flash disk-based CSS), the
software renames the system log file to
sys.log.prev and starts a new system log
file. The CSS overwrites an existing
backup system log file when a system
log file is renamed. When time you
reboot a CSS, the software continues to
use the existing system log file until it
reaches its maximum size.