Dell Brocade 6520 Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 1062

2 syslogdIpAdd syslogdIpAdd Configures a switch to forward system messages to specified servers. SYNOPSIS syslogdipadd ip_address DESCRIPTION NOTES OPERANDS EXAMPLES SEE ALSO Use this command to configure a switch to forward all error log entries to the syslog daemon (syslogd) of one or more specified servers. The syslog daemon is a process available on most UNIX systems that reads and forwards system messages to the appropriate log files or users, depending on the system configuration. Up to six servers are supported. Only one syslogd server can be specified at any given time. To configure more than one server, the command must be executed for each server. The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for details. This command has the following operands: ip_address Specifies the IP address of the server running syslogd in IPv4 or IPv6 format. To add an IP address to the list of machines to which system messages are sent: switch:admin> syslogdipadd 1080::8:800:200C:417A switch:admin> syslogdipshow syslog.1 1080::8:800:200C:417A To add a second IP address to the existing syslogd server configuration: switch:admin> syslogdipadd 192.168.163.234 switch:admin> syslogdipshow syslog.1 1080::8:800:200C:417A syslog.2 192.168.163.234 errShow, syslogdFacility, syslogdIpRemove, syslogdIpShow 1034 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1002746-01