Chapter 26
Configuring System Message Logging
Table 26-1
System Log Message Elements (continued)
Element
MNEMONIC
description
This example shows a partial switch system message:
00:00:46: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Port-channel1, changed state to up
00:00:47: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed state to up
00:00:47: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0/2, changed state to up
00:00:48: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, changed state to down
00:00:48: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/1, changed
state to down 2
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18:47:02: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
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Default System Message Logging Configuration
Table 26-2
Table 26-2
Feature
System message logging to the console
Console severity
Logging file configuration
Logging buffer size
Logging history size
Time stamps
Synchronous logging
Logging server
Syslog server IP address
Server facility
Server severity
Disabling Message Logging
Message logging is enabled by default. It must be enabled to send messages to any destination other than
the console. When enabled, log messages are sent to a logging process, which logs messages to
designated locations asynchronously to the processes that generated the messages.
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Description
Text string that uniquely describes the message.
Text string containing detailed information about the event being reported.
1 18:46:11: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
1 18:48:50.483 UTC: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty2 (10.34.195.36)
shows the default system message logging configuration.
Default System Message Logging Configuration
Default Setting
Enabled.
Debugging (and numerically lower levels; see
Table 26-3 on page
No filename specified.
4096 bytes.
1 message.
Disabled.
Disabled.
Disabled.
None configured.
Local7 (see
Informational (and numerically lower levels; see
Table 26-3 on page
Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide
Configuring System Message Logging
26-9).
Table 26-4 on page
26-11).
26-9).
26-3