Netgear FSM726v3 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide for Software - Page 361

Chapter 18 Syslog In this chapter, the following examples are provided: • "Show Logging" on page 18-2 • "Show Logging Buffered" on page 18-5 • "Show Logging Traplogs" on page 18-6 • "Show Logging Hosts" on page 18-7 • "Log Port Configuration" on page 18-8 The Syslog feature: • Allows you to store system messages and/or errors • Can store to local files on the switch or a remote server running a syslog daemon • Method of collecting message logs from many systems Persistent Log Files • Currently three - one for each of the last three sessions • Each log has two parts: • Start up log is the first 32 messages after system startup • Operational log is the last 32 messages received after the startup log is full • Files are stored in ASCII format • slog0.txt - slog2.txt • olog0.txt - olog2.txt Where 0 is for the boot, 1 is for the last boot, 2 is for the boot before that; the third one overflows upon the next boot. • Can be saved to local server to monitor at a later point in time The following illustration explains how to interpret log files. JAN 01 00:00:06 0.0.0.0-1 UNKN [0x800023]: bootos.c(386) 4 %% Event (0xaaaaaaaa) Priority Timestamp Stack Component Thread ID name ID Figure 18-1 File Line Message name numb Sequence number v1.0, October 2009 18-1