4 – Managing SwitchesConfiguring a Switch4-24 59097-00 A04.7.3.2Remote LoggingThe Remote Logging (syslog) feature enables saving of the log information to aremote host that supports the syslog protocol. When enabled, the log entries aresent to the syslog host at the IP address that you specify in the Logging Host IPAddress field. Log entries are saved in the internal switch log whether this featureis enabled or not.To save log information to a remote host, you must edit the syslog.conf file(located on the remote host) and then restart the syslog daemon. Consult youroperating system documentation for information on how to configure RemoteLogging. The syslog.conf file on the remote host must contain an entry thatspecifies the name of the log file in which to save error messages. Add thefollowing line to the syslog.conf file. A separates the selector field(local0.info) and action field which contains the log file path name(/var/adm/messages/messages.name).local0.info /var/adm/messages.name4.7.3.3NTP ClientThe NTP Client feature allows switches to synchronize their date and time with acentralized server. NTP client ensures the consistency of date and time stamps inalarms and log entries. An Ethernet connection to NTP server is required. Refer to”Setting the Date/Time and Enabling NTP Client” on page 4-15 for moreinformation.
