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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