Information Center Configuration Examples; Log Output To A Unix Log Host - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

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Information Center Configuration Examples

Network requirements

The switch sends the following log information to the Unix log host whose IP address is 202.38.1.10: the

log information of the two modules ARP and IP, with severity higher than "informational".

Network diagram

Figure 1-1 Network diagram for log output to a Unix log host

Configuration procedure

Configure the switch:

# Enable the information center.

<Switch> system-view

[Switch] info-center enable

# Disable the function of outputting information to log host channels, because all modules output log

information to the log host channels by default.

[Switch] undo info-center source default channel loghost

# Configure the host whose IP address is 202.38.1.10 as the log host. Permit ARP and IP modules to

output information with severity level higher than informational to the log host.

[Switch] info-center loghost 202.38.1.10 facility local4

[Switch] info-center source arp channel loghost log level informational debug state off trap

[Switch] info-center source ip channel loghost log level informational debug state off trap

Configure the log host:

The operations here are performed on SunOS 4.0. The operations on other manufacturers' Unix

operation systems are similar.

Step 1: Execute the following commands as the super user (root user).

# mkdir /var/log/Switch

# touch /var/log/Switch/information

Step 2: Edit the file "/etc/syslog.conf" as the super user (root user) to add the following selector/action

# Switch configuration messages

/var/log/Switch/information

Unix loghost

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