Local and Remote Logging

logging local <log-level>
no logging local

Sets the minimum severity of log messages to be saved in log files on local persistent storage.
The no form disables the ability to log messages locally and remotely.

Syntax Description

log-level

• alert – alert notification, action must be taken immediately

• crit – critical condition

• debug – debug level messages

• emerg – system is unusable (emergency)

• err – error condition

• info – informational condition

• none – disables the logging locally and remotely

• notice – normal, but significant condition

• warning – warning condition

Default

info

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
logging local override

Notes

• The commands "logging local none" and "no logging local" have the same effect.

• Disabling the logging messages will disable all logging:Local loggingLogging messages sent from hosts to be logged in the systemRemote logging (syslog)

logging local override [class <class> priority <log-level>]
no logging local override [class <class> priority <log-level>]

Enables class-specific overrides to the local log level.
The no form of the command disables all class-specific overrides to the local log level without deleting them from the configuration, but disables them so that the logging level for all classes is determined solely by the global setting.

Syntax Description

override

Enables class-specific overrides to the local log level

class

Sets or removes a per-class override on the logging level. All classes which do not have an override set will use the global logging level set with "logging local <log level>". Classes that do have an override will do as the override specifies. If "none" is specified for the log level, MLNX-OS will not log anything from this class.
Classes available:

• iss-modules – protocol stack

• mgmt-back – system management back-end

• mgmt-core – system management core

• mgmt-front – system management front-end

• mlx-daemons – management daemons

• sx-sdk – switch SDK

log-level

• alert – alert notification, action must be taken immediately

• crit – critical condition

• debug – debug level messages

• emerg – system is unusable (emergency)

• err – error condition

• info – informational condition

• none – disables the logging locally and remotely

• notice – normal, but significant condition

• warning – warning condition

Default

Override disabled

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
logging local

Notes

logging <syslog-ip-address> [trap {<log-level> | override class <class> priority <log-level>}]
no logging <syslog-ip-address> [trap {<log-level> | override class <class> priority <log-level>}]

Enables (by setting the IP address) sending logging messages, with ability to filter the logging messages according to their classes.
The no form of the command stops sending messages to the remote syslog server.

Syntax Description

syslog-ip-address

IPv4 address of the remote syslog server

class

Sets or removes a per-class override on the logging level. All classes which do not have an override set will use the global logging level set with "logging local <log level>". Classes that do have an override will do as the override specifies. If "none" is specified for the log level, MLNX-OS will not log anything from this class.
Classes available:

• iss-modules – protocol stack

• mgmt-back – system management back-end

• mgmt-core – system management core

• mgmt-front – system management front-end

• mlx-daemons – management daemons

• sx-sdk – switch SDK

log-level

• alert – alert notification, action must be taken immediately

• crit – critical condition

• debug – debug level messages

• emerg – system is unusable (emergency)

• err – error condition

• info – informational condition

• none – disables the logging locally and remotely

• notice – normal, but significant condition

• warning – warning condition

Default

Remote logging is disabled

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
logging local override

Notes

logging receive
no logging receive

Enables receiving logging messages from a remote host.
The no form of the command disables the option of receiving logging messages from a remote host.

Syntax Description

N/A

Default

Disabled

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
logging local
logging local override

Notes

• This does not log to the console TTY port

• Inband management should be enabled in order to open a channel from the host to the CPU

• If enabled, only log messages matching or exceeding the minimum severity specified with the "logging local” command will be logged, regardless of what is sent from the remote host

logging format {standard | welf [fw-name <hostname>]}
no logging format {standard | welf [fw-name <hostname>]}

Sets the format of the logging messages.
The no form of the command resets the format to its default.

Syntax Description

standard

Standard format

welf

WebTrends Enhanced Log file (WELF) format

fw-name

Specifies the firewall hostname that should be associated with each message logged in WELF format. If no firewall name is set, the hostname is used by default

Default

Standard

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging

Notes

logging fields seconds {enable | fractional-digits <f-digit> | whole-digits <w-digit>}
no logging fields seconds {enable | fractional-digits <f-digit> | whole-digits <w-digit>}

Specifies whether to include an additional field in each log message that shows the number of seconds since the Epoch or not.
The no form of the command disallows including an additional field in each log message that shows the number of seconds since the Epoch.

Syntax Description

enable

Specifies whether to include an additional field in each log message that shows the number of seconds since the Epoch or not

fractional-digits

The fractional-digits parameter controls the number of digits to the right of the decimal point. Truncation is done from the right.
Possible values: 1, 2, 3, or 6.

whole-digits

The whole-digits parameter controls the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. Truncation is done from the left. Except for the year, all of these digits are redundant with syslog's own date and time.
Possible values: 1, 6, or all.

Default

Disabled

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging

Notes

This is independent of the standard syslog date and time at the beginning of each message in the format of "July 15 18:00:00". Aside from indicating the year at full precision, its main purpose is to provide subsecond precision.

logging level {cli commands <log-level> | audit mgmt <log-level>}

Sets the severity level at which CLI commands or the management audit message that the user executes are logged. This includes auditing of both configuration changes and actions.

Syntax Description

cli commands

Sets the severity level at which CLI commands which the user executes are logged

audit mgmt

Sets the severity level at which all network management audit messages are logged

log-level

• alert – alert notification, action must be taken immediately

• crit – critical condition

• debug – debug level messages

• emerg – system is unusable (emergency)

• err – error condition

• info – informational condition

• none – disables the logging locally and remotely

• notice – normal, but significant condition

• warning – warning condition

Default

CLI commands and audit message are set to notice logging level

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging

Notes

logging files delete {current | oldest [<number-of-files>]}

Deletes the current or oldest log files.

Syntax Description

current

Deletes current log file

oldest

Deletes oldest log file

number-of-files

Sets the number of files to be deleted

Default

N/A

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
show log files

Notes

logging files rotation {criteria { frequency <freq> | size <size-mb>| size-pct <size-percentage>} | force | max-number <number-of-files>}

Sets the rotation criteria of the logging files.

Syntax Description

frequency

Sets rotation criteria according to time. Possible options: Daily, Weekly, Monthly

size

Sets rotation criteria according to size in megabytes. Range: 1-9999.

size-pct

Sets rotation criteria according to size in percentage of the partition where the logging files are kept in. The percentage given is truncated to three decimal points (thousandths of a percent).

force

Forces an immediate rotation of the log files. This does not affect the schedule of auto-rotation if it was done based on time: the next automatic rotation will still occur at the same time for which it was previously scheduled. Naturally, if the auto-rotation was based on size, this will delay it somewhat as it reduces the size of the active log file to zero.

max-number

The number of log files will be kept. If the number of log files ever exceeds this number (either at rotation time, or when this setting is lowered), the system will delete as many files as necessary to bring it down to this number, starting with the oldest.

Default

10 files are kept by default with rotation criteria of 5% of the log partition size

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
show log files

Notes

logging files upload {current | <file-number>} <url>

Uploads a log file to a remote host.

Syntax Description

current

The current log file. The current log file will have the filename "messages" if you do not specify a new name for it in the upload URL.

file-number

An archived log file. The archived log file will have the name “messages<n>.gz” (while “n” is the file number) if you do not specify a new name for it in the upload URL. The file will be compressed with gzip.

url

Uploads URL path. FTP, TFTP, SCP, and SFTP are supported. Example: scp://username[:password]@hostname/path/filename.

Default

N/A

Configuration Mode

config

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

show logging
show log files

Notes

show logging

Displays the logging configurations.

Syntax Description

N/A

Default

N/A

Configuration Mode

Any configuration mode

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

logging fields
logging files rotation
logging level
logging local
logging receive
logging <syslog IP address>

Notes

show log [continues | files [<file-number>] ] [ [not] matching <reg-exp>]

Displays the log file with optional filter criteria.

Syntax Description

continues

Displays the last few lines of the current log file and then continues to display new lines as they come in until the user hits Ctrl+C, similar to LINUX "tail" utility

files

Displays the list of log files

file-number

Displays an archived log file, where the number may range from 1 up to the number of archived log files available

[not] matching <reg-exp>

The file is piped through a LINUX "grep" utility to only include lines either matching, or not matching, the provided regular expression

Default

N/A

Configuration Mode

Any configuration mode

History

1.5

Example

Related Commands

logging fields
logging files rotation
logging level
logging local
logging receive
logging <syslog IP address>

Notes