Setup Guide

Brocade Fabric OS Message Reference 5

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Configuring the syslog message destinations

You can configure Fabric OS to send the syslog messages to the following output locations: syslog

daemon, system console, and SNMP management station.

System logging daemon

The system logging daemon (syslogd) is a process on UNIX, Linux, and some Windows systems that

reads and logs messages as specified by the system administrator.

Fabric OS can be configured to use a UNIX-style syslogd process to forward system events and error

messages to log files on a remote host system. The host system can be running UNIX, Linux, or any

other operating system that supports the standard syslogd functionality. Configuring for syslogd

involves configuring the host, enabling syslogd on the Brocade model, and optionally setting the

facility level.

Configuring a syslog server

To configure the switch to forward all system events and error messages to the syslogd of one or

more servers, perform the following steps.

1. Log in to the switch as admin.

2. Use the syslogadmin --set -ip ip_address | hostname [-secure [-port port_num]] command to

configure a secure or non- secure syslog server to which system messages are forwarded. The

secure syslog mode is disabled by default.

The following example configures an IPv4 non-secure syslog server:

switch:admin> syslogadmin --set -ip 172.26.26.173

The following example configures an IPv4 secure syslog server:

switch:admin> syslogadmin --set -ip 172.26.26.173 -secure -port 2000

The following example configures a non-secure syslog server using hostname.

switch:admin> syslogadmin --set -ip win2k8-58-113

You can configure up to six syslog servers to receive the syslog messages.

3. Enter the syslogadmin --show -ip command to verify the syslog configuration on the switch.

switch:admin> syslogadmin --show -ip

syslog.1 172.26.26.173

syslog.2 win2k8-58-113

You can remove a configured syslog server using the syslogadmin --remove -ip ip_address |

hostname command.

System console

The system console displays RASLog messages, audit messages (if enabled), and panic dump

messages. These messages are mirrored to the system console in addition to being saved in one of

the system logs.

The system console displays messages only through the serial port. If you log in to a switch through

the Ethernet port or modem port, you will not receive system console messages.