Changing System Logging Settings; Display The Logging Buffer And The Logging Configuration - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

In the previous lines, local7 is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.

Changing System Logging Settings

You can change the default settings of the system logging by changing the severity level and the storage location.
The default is to log all messages up to debug level, that is, all system messages. By changing the severity level in the logging
commands, you control the number of system messages logged.
To specify the system logging settings, use the following commands.
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging buffered level
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the console.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging console level
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to terminal lines.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging monitor level
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to a syslog server.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging trap level
• Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the syslog history table.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging history level
• Specify the size of the logging buffer.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging buffered size
NOTE: When you decrease the buffer size, Dell Networking OS deletes all messages stored in the buffer. Increasing
the buffer size does not affect messages in the buffer.
• Specify the number of messages that Dell Networking OS saves to its logging history table.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging history size size
To view the logging buffer and configuration, use the show logging command in EXEC privilege mode, as shown in the example
for Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging
To view the logging configuration, use the show running-config logging command in privilege mode, as shown in the
example for Configure a UNIX Logging Facility

Display the Logging Buffer and the Logging Configuration

To display the current contents of the logging buffer and the logging settings for the system, use the show logging command in
EXEC privilege mode. When RBAC is enabled, the security logs are filtered based on the user roles. Only the security administrator
and system administrator can view the security logs.
Example of the show logging Command
Dell#show logging
syslog logging: enabled
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