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System Log Table tab

You can use the system log messaging feature of the Passport 8000 Series switch to manage switch event messages on any UNIX-based management platform. The Passport 8000 Series switch syslog software supports this functionality by communicating with a counterpart software component named syslog on your management workstation. The UNIX daemon syslogd is a software component that receives and locally logs, displays, prints, and/or forwards messages that originate from sources internal and external to the workstation. For example, syslogd on a UNIX workstation concurrently handles messages received from applications running on the workstation, as well as messages received from Passport 8000 Series switches running in a network accessible to the workstation.

The table below shows the default mapping of internal severity levels to system log severity levels.

• Device Manager diagnostics
• Severity level mapping
• Configuring Syslog Host