Users Guide

● Displaying Audit and Security Logs
● Clearing Audit Logs
Enabling Audit and Security Logs
You enable audit and security logs to monitor configuration changes or determine if these changes affect the operation of the
system in the network. You log audit and security events to a system log server, using the logging extended command in
CONFIGURATION mode.
This command is available with or without RBAC enabled. For information about RBAC, see Role-Based Access Control.
Audit Logs
The audit log contains configuration events and information. The types of information in this log consist of the following:
● User logins to the switch.
● System events for network issues or system issues.
● Users making configuration changes. The switch logs who made the configuration changes and the date and time of the
change. However, each specific change on the configuration is not logged. Only that the configuration was modified is
logged with the user ID, date, and time of the change.
● Uncontrolled shutdown.
Security Logs
The security log contains security events and information. RBAC restricts access to audit and security logs based on the CLI
sessions’ user roles. The types of information in this log consist of the following:
● Establishment of secure traffic flows, such as SSH.
● Violations on secure flows or certificate issues.
● Adding and deleting of users.
● User access and configuration changes to the security and crypto parameters (not the key information but the crypto
configuration)
Important Points to Remember
When you enabled RBAC and extended logging:
● Only the system administrator user role can execute this command.
● The system administrator and system security administrator user roles can view security events and system events.
● The system administrator user roles can view audit, security, and system events.
● Only the system administrator and security administrator user roles can view security logs.
● The network administrator and network operator user roles can view system events.
NOTE: If extended logging is disabled, you can only view system events, regardless of RBAC user role.
Example of Enabling Audit and Security Logs
DellEMC(conf)#logging extended
Displaying Audit and Security Logs
To display audit logs, use the show logging auditlog command in Exec mode. To view these logs, you must first enable
the logging extended command. Only the RBAC system administrator user role can view the audit logs. Only the RBAC security
administrator and system administrator user role can view the security logs. If extended logging is disabled, you can only view
system events, regardless of RBAC user role. To view security logs, use the show logging command.
For information about the logging extended command, see Enabling Audit and Security Logs
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