Users Guide
If you do not, the system displays an error when you attempt to enable role-based only AAA authorization.
Dell(conf)# logging localhost tcp port
Dell(conf)#logging 127.0.0.1 tcp 5140
Log Messages in the Internal Buffer
All error messages, except those beginning with %BOOTUP (Message), are log in the internal buffer.
For example, %BOOTUP:RPM0:CP %PORTPIPE-INIT-SUCCESS: Portpipe 0 enabled
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}}}
You can export system logs to an external server that is connected through a different VRF.
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