Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 7 System Management Commands
logging logfile
logging logfile
Use the logging logfile command to configure the name of the log file used to store system messages
and the minimum severity level to log.
To disable logging to the log file, use the no form of this command.
logging logfile logfile-name severity-level [size bytes]
no logging logfile [logfile-name severity-level [size bytes]]]
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes Configuration mode
Command History
Examples This example shows how to configure a log file called logfile to store system messages and set its severity
level to 4:
switch(config)# logging logfile logfile 4
logfile-name Configure the name of the log file to be used to store system messages.
severity-level The number of the desired severity level at which messages should be
logged. Messages at or numerically lower than the specified level are logged.
Severity levels are as follows:
• 0—emergency: System unusable
• 1—alert: Immediate action needed
• 2—critical: Critical condition—default level
• 3—error: Error condition
• 4—warning: Warning condition
• 5—notification: Normal but significant condition
• 6—informational: Informational message only
• 7—debugging: Appears during debugging only
size bytes (Optional) Specifies a maximum file size. The default file size is 4194304
bytes and can be configured from 4096 to 4194304 bytes.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.