Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Device Management

Task

Procedure

8. Set the logging 

Syslog messages have the following severity levels: emergency (0), alert (1), 

level to log syslog 

critical (2), error (3), warning (4), notification (5), informational (6), and 

messages to the 

debugging (7).

Solution Engine.

We recommend logging only errors in production environments. To set the 

error logging level, enter the following at the command line: logging trap 

level. For example, logging trap error will log all error, critical, alert, and 

emergency messages.

Note

Setting at a lower severity level may trigger too many messages and 

have adverse impact on PIX firewall performance. 

For Hosting Solution Engine syslog receiving, to enable error level logging, 

enter the following at the command line: 

logging trap error

Then enable two additional messages:

logging message 307001

logging message 106023

307001 includes the error level messages in earlier releases and 

informational messages in version 6.x. 106023 includes warning messages 

about denial of IP packets by some access lists.

9. Enable logging to log  Enter the following commands at the command line:

syslog messages to the  logging timestamp (including timestamp in messages is required for the 

Solution Engine.

Hosting Solution Engine receiver)

logging on

To turn off logging, use no logging on.

A sample configuration follows:

logging on

logging timestamp

logging trap error

logging host inside 171.69.75.55

Note

Be sure to use the clock command to set the time on the firewall.

For detailed documentation on the PIX Firewall, see Cisco.com.

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