6-19
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings
Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings
ANM
uses

syslog

logging

to

send

log

messages

to

a

process

that

logs

messages

to

designated

locations
asynchronously
to

the

processes

that

generated

the

messages.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
the

item

to

configure:

•
To
configure

a

virtual

context,

choose
Config
>

Devices

>

context

>

System

>

Syslog.

•
To
configure
a

configuration

building

bl

ock,

choose
Config
>
Global
>
All

Building

Blocks
>
building_block
>

System

>

Syslog.
The
Syslog

configuration

window

appears.
Step
2
In
the
Syslog

configuration

window,

enter

t

he
syslog
logging

attributes

i

n
the
di

splayed

fields
(see
Ta
b

l

e


6-6 ).
All
fields

that

require

you

to

choose

syslog

severity

levels

use

the

values

in

Ta

b

l

e


6-5 .
The
severity

level

that

you

specify

indicates

that

you

want

syslog

messages

at

that

level

and

the

more
severe
levels.

For

example,

if

you

specify

Error,

syslog

displays

Error,

Critical,

Alert,

and

Emergency
messages.
Note
Setting
all

syslog

levels

to

Debug

during

normal

operations

can

degrade

overall

performance.
Ta
b

l

e


6-5
Syslog
Logging

Levels
Severity
Description
0-Emergency
Unusable
system
1-Critical
Critical
condition
2-Warning
Warning
condition
3-Alert
Immediate
action

required
4-Error
Error
condition
5-Notification
Normal
but

significant

condition
6-Information
Informational
message

only
7-Debug
Appears
only

during

debugging