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Cisco Routers and Switches

Overview

Cisco Routers and Switches logs are collected via syslog. The below configurations should be applicable to any system.

Configuring the syslog setup

These are the configuration steps for the Cisco Routers and Switches server. After logging in, run the following:

  1. configure terminal
  2. logging host <AERSS IP> transport udp port 514
  3. service timestamps log datetime show-timezone
  4. logging trap 6
  5. exit
  6. exit

Trap ID

Below is a reference to the different logging traps available.

 

IDTitleExample Logs
0EmergenciesSystem shutting down due to missing fan tray
1AlertsTemperature limit exceeded
2CriticalMemory allocation failures
3ErrorsInterface Up/Down messages
4WarningsConfiguration file written to server, via SNMP request
5NotificationsLine protocol Up/Down
6InformationAccess-list violation logging
7DebugDebug messages