Administrator Guide

Configuration Task List for System Log Management
There are two configuration tasks for system log management:
• Disable System Logging
• Send System Messages to a Syslog Server
Disabling System Logging
By default, logging is enabled and log messages are sent to the logging buffer, all terminal lines, the console, and the syslog servers.
To disable system logging, use the following commands.
• Disable all logging except on the console.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging on
• Disable logging to the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging buffer
• Disable logging to terminal lines.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging monitor
• Disable console logging.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging console
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server
To send system messages to a specified syslog server, use the following command. The following syslog standards are supported: RFC
5424 The SYSLOG Protocol, R.Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH, March 2009, obsoletes RFC 3164 and RFC 5426 Transmission of Syslog
Messages over UDP.
• Specify the server to which you want to send system messages. You can configure up to eight syslog servers.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging {ip-address | ipv6-address | hostname} {{udp {port}} | {tcp {port}}}
Configuring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server
To configure a UNIX System as a syslog server, use the following command.
• Configure a UNIX system as a syslog server by adding the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf on the UNIX system and assigning write
permissions to the file.
• Add line on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/log/ftos.log
• Add line on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/adm/ftos.log
In the previous lines, local7 is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.
Changing System Logging Settings
You can change the default settings of the system logging by changing the severity level and the storage location.
The default is to log all messages up to debug level, that is, all system messages. By changing the severity level in the logging commands,
you control the number of system messages logged.
To specify the system logging settings, use the following commands.
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging buffered level
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