PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 138953-1002266-01Configuring the Syslog service 41Changing the number of entries the local buffer can holdYou also can use the logging buffered command to change the number of entries the local Syslogbuffer can store. For example.PowerConnect(config)#logging buffered 100PowerConnect(config)#write memPowerConnect(config)#exitPowerConnect#reloadSyntax: logging buffered The default number of messages is 50. For PowerConnect Layer 2 switches, you can set the Syslogbuffer limit from 1 – 100 entries. For PowerConnect Layer 3 switches, you can set the Syslog bufferlimit from 1 – 1000 entries.Configuration notes• You must save the configuration and reload the software to place the change into effect.• If you decrease the size of the buffer, the software clears the buffer before placing the changeinto effect.• If you increase the size of the Syslog buffer, the software will clear some of the older locallybuffered Syslog messages.Changing the log facilityThe Syslog daemon on the Syslog server uses a facility to determine where to log the messagesfrom the Dell PowerConnect device. The default facility for messages the Dell PowerConnectdevice sends to the Syslog server is “user”. You can change the facility using the followingcommand.NOTEYou can specify only one facility. If you configure the Dell PowerConnect device to use two Syslogservers, the device uses the same facility on both servers.PowerConnect(config)#logging facility local0Syntax: logging facility The can be one of the following:• kern – kernel messages• user – random user-level messages• mail – mail system• daemon – system daemons• auth – security or authorization messages• syslog – messages generated internally by Syslog• lpr – line printer subsystem• news – netnews subsystem• uucp – uucp subsystem• sys9 – cron/at subsystem
