Send System Messages To A Syslog Server; Configure A Unix System As A Syslog Server; Change System Logging Settings - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

Send System Messages to a Syslog Server

Send system messages to a syslog server by specifying a server:
Task
Specify the server to which you want to send system
messages. You can configure up to eight syslog servers,
which may be IPv4 and/or IPv6 addressed.

Configure a Unix System as a Syslog Server

Configure a UNIX system as a syslog server by adding the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf on the Unix
system and assigning write permissions to the file.
• on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system, add the line:
• on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system, add the line:
In the lines above,

Change System Logging Settings

You can change the default system logging settings (severity level and the storage location). The default is
to log all messages up to debug level.
Task
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
logging buffer.
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
console.
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to
terminal lines.
Specifying the minimum severity level for logging to a
syslog server.
Specify the minimum severity level for logging to the
syslog history table.
local7
is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.
Command Syntax
logging
{ ip-address | ipv6-address
| hostname }
local7.debugging /var/log/force10.log
local7.debugging /var/adm/force10.log
Command Syntax
logging buffered
level
logging console
level
logging monitor
level
logging trap
level
logging history
level
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