Remote Logging

“In its most simplistic terms, the syslog protocol provides a transport to allow a machine to send event notification messages across IP networks to event message collectors - also known as syslog servers.” – RFC 3164

Note: the default facility is 3(DAEMON)

Relevant configuration

(switch(config)#) Configure logging:

logging <syslog-ip-address> [trap {<log-level> | override class <class> priority <log-level>}]

Expected results

  • Administrators can configure remote logging
  • Administrators can see the log files from the switch on the remote server

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