Syslogdipadd - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual

syslogdIpAdd

Configures a switch to forward system messages to specified servers.
Synopsis syslogdipadd ip_address | host_name
Description Use this command to configure a switch to forward all error log entries to the syslog demon
(syslogd) of one or more specified servers. The syslog daemon is a process available on most UNIX
systems that reads and forwards system messages to the appropriate log files or users, depending
on the system configuration. Up to six servers are supported.
You can specify a syslogd server in one of two ways:
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Only one syslogd server can be specified at any given time. To configure more than one server, the
command must be executed for each server.
Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following exclusive operands:
ip_address
host_name
Examples To add an IP address to the list of machines to which system messages are sent:
To add a second IP address to the existing syslogd server configuration:
To add a host name to the list of machines to which system messages are sent:
1. Get the DNS name server info on the host you wish to add:
Fabric OS Command Reference
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By IP address: The syslogdipadd command accepts IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
By host name: The host must have a DNS entry and accept DNS requests. You must configure
the DNS name service on the switch with dnsconfig before you can add the host name with the
syslogdipadd command. If the host does not accept DNS requests, syslogdipadd fails.
Specifies the IP address of the server running syslogd.
Specifies the name of the machine that is running syslogd. Use dnsconfig to
configure the DNS service before running syslogdipadd with the host_name
parameter.
switch:admin> syslogdipadd
switch:admin> syslogdipshow
syslog.1 1080::8:800:200C:417A
switch:admin> syslogdipadd 192.168.163.234
switch:admin> syslogdipshow
syslog.1 1080::8:800:200C:417A
syslog.2 192.168.163.234
sysadmin:myhost> nslookup myhost
Server: nameserver.corp.brocade.com
Address: 192.168.126.120
Name: myshost.brocade.com
Address: 10.2.2.36
1080::8:800:200C:417A
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