Monitoring and Logging System Information 20110Monitoring and Logging SystemInformationThis chapter provides information about the features you use to monitor theswitch, including logging, cable tests, and email alerting. The topics coveredin this chapter include:• System Monitoring Overview• Default Log Settings• Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (Web)• Monitoring System Information and Configuring Logging (CLI)• Logging Configuration ExamplesSystem Monitoring OverviewWhat System Information Is Monitored?The CLI and web-based interfaces provide information about physicalaspects of the switch, such as system health and cable diagnostics, as well asinformation about system events, such as management login history. Theswitch also reports system resource usage.The system logging utility can monitor a variety of events, including thefollowing:• System events — System state changes and errors that range in severityfrom Emergency to Debug• Audit events — Attempts to login or logout from the switch and attemptsto perform any operations with files on the flash drive• CLI commands — Commands executed from the CLI• Web page visits — Pages viewed by using OpenManage SwitchAdministrator• SNMP events — SNMP set operations
