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Storing and Collecting Message Logs with Syslog

This chapter provides information about how to use the Syslog feature to store and collect message logs.

This chapter contains the following topics:

Configuring Syslog via CLI

This feature allows you to store system messages and/or errors. You can store to local files on the switch or a remote server running a syslog daemon. Also, it provides a method of collecting message logs from many systems.

The following are examples of the CLI commands used with the Syslog feature.

Example 1: show logging


CODE EXAMPLE 34-1 show logging Command 
(DTI SWITCH) 					# show logging
 
Logging Client Local Port	:	514
CLI Command Logging	:			disabled
Console Logging 	:	disabled
Console Logging Severity Filter	:	alert
Buffered Logging	:	enabled
 
Syslog Logging 	:	enabled
 
Log Messages Received 	:	66
Log Messages Dropped 	:	0
Log Messages Relayed 	:	0

Example 2: show logging buffered


CODE EXAMPLE 34-2 show logging buffered Command 
(DTI SWITCH) 					# show logging buffered ?
 
<cr>	Press Enter to execute the command.
 
(DTI SWITCH) 					# show logging buffered
 
Buffered (In-Memory) Logging	:	enabled
Buffered Logging Wrapping Behavior	:	On
Buffered Log Count	:	66
 
<6> Nov 29 13:31:38 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[292290880]: sysapi.c(1280) 3 %% sysapiCfgFilesSeparate: CRC check failed. 0x0 read and 0xce0a37e0 calculated
 
<6> Nov 29 13:31:38 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[292290880]: sysapi.c(1131) 4 %% could not separate SYSAPI_CONFIG_FILENAME
 
<2> Nov 29 13:31:42 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[292290880]: bootos.c(332) 5 %% Event(0xaaaaaaaa)
 
<6> Nov 29 13:31:49 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[296038472]: sysapi.c(1912) 6 %% Building defaults for file log.cfg version 1
 
<6> Nov 29 13:32:12 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[295813352]: edb.c(360) 7 %% EDB Callback: Unit Join: 1.
 
<6> Nov 29 13:32:12 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN[293358784]: sysapi.c(1912) 8 %% Building defaults for file simCfgData.cfg version 3
 

Example 3: show logging traplogs


CODE EXAMPLE 34-3 show logging traplogs Command 
(DTI SWITCH) # show logging traplogs
 
Number of Traps Since Last Reset............... 16
Trap Log Capacity.............................. 256
Number of Traps Since Log Last Viewed.......... 0
 
Log System Up Time           Trap
--- ------------------------ ------------------------------------
  0 6 days 20:22:35          Failed User Login: Unit: 1 User ID:
  1 6 days 19:19:58          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  2 5 days 23:31:27          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  3 5 days 19:21:51          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  4 2 days 23:16:32          Link Down: Unit: 0 Slot: 1 Port: 2
  5 2 days 23:16:03          Link Down: Unit: 0 Slot: 1 Port: 1
  6 2 days 19:49:28          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  7 2 days 18:20:56          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  8 2 days 17:10:41          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
  9 2 days 00:55:42          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1
 10 2 days 00:55:38          Failed User Login: Unit: 1 User ID: admin
 11 2 days 00:20:12          Multiple Users: Unit: 0 Slot: 3 Port: 1

Example 4: show logging hosts


CODE EXAMPLE 34-4 show logging hosts Command 
(DTI SWITCH) # show logging hosts ?
 
<cr> Press Enter to execute the command.
 
(DTI SWITCH) # show logging hosts
 
Index     IP Address       Severity   Port     Status
-----  -----------------  ----------  ----  -------------
1      192.168.21.253     critical    514   Active

Example 5: logging port configuration


CODE EXAMPLE 34-5 Logging Port Configuration Commands 
(DTI SWITCH) 	# config
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging ?
 
buffered                 Buffered (In-Memory) Logging Configuration.
cli-command              CLI Command Logging Configuration.
console                  Console Logging Configuration.
host                     Enter IP Address for Logging Host
syslog                   Syslog Configuration.
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging host ?
 
<hostaddress>            Enter Logging Host IP Address
reconfigure              Logging Host Reconfiguration
remove                   Logging Host Removal
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging host 192.168.21.253 ?
 
<cr> Press Enter to execute the command.
<port> Enter Port ID from 0 to 65535
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging host 192.168.21.253 4 ?
 
<cr> Press Enter to execute the command.
<severitylevel> Enter Logging Severity Level (emergency|0, alert|1, critical|2, error|3, warning|4, notice|5, info|6,debug|7).
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging host 192.168.21.253 4 1 ?
 
<cr> Press Enter to execute the command.
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# logging host 192.168.21.253 4 1
 
(DTI SWITCH) (Config)# exit
 
(DTI SWITCH) # show logging hosts ?
 
<unit> Enter switch ID in the range of 1 to 8.
 
(DTI SWITCH) # show logging hosts 1
 
Index     IP Address      Port     Status
-----  -----------------  ----  -----------
1      192.168.21.253     4     Active

Configuring Syslog via Web Interface

The following web pages are used with the Syslog feature.

FIGURE 34-1 Log - Syslog Configuration Page


FIGURE 34-2 Log - Hosts Configuration Page - Add Host


FIGURE 34-3 Log - Hosts Configuration Page


Interpreting Log Files


 


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