6-26
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings
Configuring
Syslog

Log

Rate

Limits
You
can

configure

sysl

og

log

rate

l

imits

after

configuring

basic

syslog

characteristics

(see

t

he
“Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings”

section

on

page

6-19 ).
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
Click
the
Log
Rate

Limit

tab.
The
Log

Rate

Limit

table

appears.
Step
3
In
the
Log

Rate

Limit

table,

click
Add
to

add

a

new

entry
to
this
table,
or

choose

an

existing

entry,

and
click
Edit

to

modify

it.
The
Log

Rate

Limit

configuration

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the
Type
field

of

t

he
Log

Rate

Li

mit

configuration

window,

choose

the

method

by
which
syslog
messages
are

to

be

limited:

•
Level—Syslog
messages
are

limited

by

syslog
level.
In
the

Level

field,

choose

the

level
of
syslog
messages
to

be

sent

to

the

syslog

server,

using

the

levels

identified

in

Ta

b

l

e


6-5 .

•
Message—Syslog
messages

are

limited

by

message

identification

number.

In

the

Message

Id
field,
choose
the

syslog

message

ID

for

those

messages

you

want


to

suppress

reporting.
Step
5
Check
the
Unlimited
check

box

t

o

apply

no

limits

t

o

syst

em

message

l

ogging
or
uncheck

it
to
apply
limits
to

system

message

logging.
If
you

uncheck

the

Unlimited

check

box,

t

he

Rate

and

Time

Int

erval

fields

appear.
Step
6
(Optional)
If


you

uncheck
the
Unlimited

check

box,

specify

the

l

imits
to
apply

to
system
message
logging
as

follows:
a.
In

t
h

e
Ra
t

e
fi
e

ld

,


e
nt

e

r
t
he


number
at

which

the

system

log
messages

are

to

be

limited.

When

this

limit
is
reached,

the

ACE

rejects

new

syslog

messages.

Valid

entries

are

from

0

to

2147483647.
b.
In
the

Time

Interval

(Seconds)
field,
enter
the

length

of

time

(in
seconds)
over

which

the

system
me
ssa

ge


l

ogs

are

to

be

limited.

For

example,

if

you

enter

42

in

the

Rate

field

and

60

in

the

Time

Interval
field,
the

ACE

rejects

any

syslog

messages

that

arrive

after

the

first

42

messages

in

that

60-second

period.
Valid
entries

are

from

0

to

2147483647

seconds.
Step
7
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
Deploy
Now

to
immediately
deploy

this
configuration

on

the

ACE

and

save

your

entries

to
the
running-configuration

and

startup-configuration

files.

This

option

appears

for

virtual

contexts.

•
Click
OK
to

save

your

entry.

This
option
appears

for

configuration

building

blocks.

•
Click
Cancel
to

exit

the

procedure

without

saving

your

entries

and

to

return

to

the
Log
Rate

Limit
table.

•
Click
Next
t

o
deploy
your

entries

and

to
add
another

entry

t

o
the
Log

Rate
Limit
table.