You can set the severity level of messages according to the level of detail you need. You can also control the destinations of the messages.
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Configure
The following command will set the logging to the console, this is the default.
Switch#configure terminal Switch(config)#logging console Switch(config)#end
If you want to send logs to a syslog server, you would send them to a host.
Switch#configure terminal Switch(config)#logging host <ip address> Switch(config)#end
In order to not be interrupted on the command line with messages, you can set the messages to be synchronized.
Switch#configure terminal Switch(config)#line console 0 Switch(config-line)#logging synchronous Switch(config-line)#end
Levels
- Emergencies — level 0 — System unstable
- Alerts — level 1 — Immediate action needed
- Critical — level 2 — Critical conditions
- Errors — level 3 — Error conditions
- Warnings — level 4 — Warning conditions
- Notifications — level 5 — Normal but significant condition
- Informational — level 6 — Informational messages only
- Debugging — level 7 — Debugging messages
By default, the console receives debugging messages (level 7) and numerically lower levels. For example, if you set the logging level to 4, you will recieve all warnings, errors, critical, alerts, and emergencies.