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This section provides information about the Syslog feature.
Overview
Syslog:
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Allows you to store system messages and/or errors
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Can store to local files on the switch or a remote server running a syslog daemon
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Method of collecting message logs from many systems
Persistent Log Files
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Currently three - one for each of the last three sessions
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Each log has two parts:
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Start up log is the first 32 messages after system startup
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Operational log is the last 32 messages received after the startup log is full
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Files are stored in ASCII format
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slog0.txt - slog2.txt
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olog0.txt - olog2.txt
Where 0 is for the boot, 1 is for the last boot, 2 is for the boot before that; the third one
overflows upon the next boot.
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Can be saved to local server to monitor at a later point in time
v1.0, Jan 2007
Chapter 21
Syslog
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