Configuring A Unix System Log And Syslog Host - Avaya 8800 Troubleshooting Manual

Configuring a UNIX system log and syslog host

Use the syslog commands to control a facility in UNIX machines that logs SNMP messages
and assigns each message a severity level based on importance.
Procedure steps
1. Configure system logging using the following command, along with the parameters
2. Configure the syslog host using the following command, along with the parameters
3. View the configuration to ensure it is correct:
Variable definitions
Use the information in the following table to help you use the config sys syslog
command.
info
ip-header-type <default|
circuitless-ip| management-
virtual-ip>
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in the following table:
config sys syslog
in the following table:
config sys syslog host
show sys syslog host info
show sys syslog general-info
Variable
Displays syslog configuration information.
Specifies the IP header in syslog packets to default,
circuitless-ip, or management-virtual-ip:
Configuring a UNIX system log and syslog host
• If the value is default, the IP address of the VLAN is
used for syslog packets that are transmitted inband
using input/output (I/O) ports. For syslog packets that
are transmitted out-of-band through the management
port, the physical IP address of the master CPU is used
in the IP header.
• If the value is management-virtual-ip, the virtual
management IP address of the device is used in the IP
header for syslog packets that are transmitted out-of-
band only through the management port.
• If the value is circuitless-ip, then for all syslog
messages (in-band or out-of-band), the circuitless IP
Value
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