Command Line Interface Guide

1692 Syslog Commands
logging
Use the logging command in Global Configuration mode to log messages to a
syslog server. To delete the syslog server with the specified address from the
list of syslogs, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
logging { ip-address | hostname }
no logging {
ip-address | hostname }
• ip-address — IP address of the host to be used as a syslog server.
•
hostname — Hostname of the host to be used as a syslog server. (Range: 1-
63 characters) The command allows spaces in the host name when
specified in double quotes. For example, #snmp-server v3-host “host
name”.
Default Configuration
No syslog servers defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Up to eight syslog servers can be used.
The Dell PowerConnect always uses the local7(23) facility in the syslog
message. Syslog messages will not exceed 96 bytes in length. Syslog messages
use the following format:
<130> JAN 01 00:00:06 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[0x800023]:
bootos.c(386) 4 %% Event(0xaaaaaaaa)
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