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50 ExtremeWarePx1 1.2 Command Reference Guide
Commands for Managing the Switch
configure syslog
configure syslog ipaddress <IP address>
Description
ConÞgures the syslog host address.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
You must have administrator privileges to issue this command.
A log maintained remotely on a syslog host can preserve log messages that would be lost from the
internal log, which contains only the 200 most recent messages.
To enable remote logging, you must issue the enable syslog command.
By default, warnings and more serious messages are logged. To log messages of a different severity
level, use the configure log display command.
You must use the build command to commit the conÞguration changes made by this command.
Example
This example enables logging to a remote syslog host:
SummitPx1::12 # enable syslog
* SummitPx1::13 # configure syslog ipaddress 10.1.1.1
* SummitPx1::13 # build
History
This command was available in ExtremeWarePx 1.1.
Platform Availability
This command is available on the Px-series application switch.
IP address The IP address of the syslog host.