System Log

Device>Configure>System Log

Manage your device’s system log with the following options:

Configuration

History

Message Severity


System Log Configuration

Device>Configure>System Log>Configuration

Use the System Log Configuration feature to specify whether system log messages should be sent to the console.

Notification Enabled (clogNotificationsEnabled)

Indicates whether clogMessageGenerated notifications will or will not be sent when a syslog message is generated by the device. Disabling notifications does not prevent syslog messages from being added to the clogHistoryTable.

Min. Severity into Log (clogMaxSeverity)

Indicates which syslog severity levels will be processed: emergency (1), alert (2), critical (3), error (4), warning (5), notice (6), info (7), or debug (8). Any syslog message with a severity value greater than these values are ignored by the agent. Note: severity numeric values increase as their severity decreases, e.g., error (4) is more sever than debug (8).

Maximum Number of Log Entries (clogHistTableMaxLength)

The upper limit on the number of entries that the clogHistoryTable may contain. A value of 0 will prevent any history from being retained. When this table is full, the oldest entry will be deleted and a new one will be created.

System Log Console (syslogConsoleEnable)

Indicates whether the system log messages should be sent to console.

System Log Server (syslogHostEnable)

Indicates whether the system log server is enabled or disabled.

System Log Telnet (syslogTelnetEnable)

Indicates whether system log messages should be sent to telnet sessions.


Note: You must click Apply for above value changes to take effect.


System Log Server's IP (syslogServerAddr)

IP address of a system log server.

Click Create to add a new IP Address entry to this table, or click Delete to remove a selected entry.

Click Cancel to close the dialog box without making any changes. Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.


System Log History

Device>Configure>System Log>History

Use this System Log History (clogHistTable) feature to populate the System Log history table in which clogHistTable can store up to the maximum clogHistTableMaxLength message entries.

Generation Time (clogHistTimestamp)

Indicates the sysUpTime at which this message was generated.

Severity (clogHistSeverity)

Indicates the severity of the message; emergency (1), alert (2), critical (3), error (4), warning (5), notice (6), info (7), or debug (8). Any syslog message with a severity value greater than these values are ignored by the agent.

Type (clogHistMsgName)

A textual identification of the message type.

Description (clogHistMsgText)

The message itself.

Generator (clogHistFacility)

The name of the facility that generated this message, e.g., SYS.

Click Cancel to close the dialog box without making any changes. Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.


System Log Message Severity

Device>Configure>System Log Message Severity

The System Log Message Severity dialog box lets you set the security level of the different types of system log messages. This feature requires software version 2.2 or later.

System Log Message Facility (syslogMessageFacility)

Type of system log message. Possible types are cdp, cgmp, disl, dvlan, earl, fddi, ip, pruning, snmp, spantree, system, tac, tcp, telnet, tftp, vtp, and vmps.

System Log Message Severity (syslogMessageSeverity)

Severity level of this system log message. Possible values are emergencies, alerts, critical, errors, warnings, notification, informational, and debugging.

Click Apply to make your changes take effect, or click Cancel to close the dialog box without making any changes. Click Print to print the contents of the dialog box.