This command configures email logs and alerts, schedules email logs and alerts, and configures a syslog server. After you have issued the system logging remote configure command, you enter the system-config [logging-remote] mode, and then you can configure one keyword and associated parameter or associated keyword at a time in the order that you prefer.
Other event logs
source_mac_filter_logs Y or N Enables or disables logging of packets from MAC addresses that match the source MAC address filter settings.
session_limit_logs Y or N Enables or disables logging of packets that are dropped because the session limit has been exceeded.
bandwidth_limit_logs Y or N Enables or disables logging of packets that are dropped because the
bandwidth limit has been exceeded.
Step 1 Format system logging remote configure
Mode system
Step 2 Format log_identifier <identifier>
Keyword Associated
Keyword to Select
Description
email_logs_enable {Y | N}
email_server {ipaddress | domain name}
return_email <email address>
send_to_email <email address>
smtp_custom_port <number>
smtp_auth type {None | Plain {smtp_auth username <user name>}
{smtp_auth password <password>} | CRAM-MD5 {smtp_auth username <user name>} {smtp_auth password <password>}}
identd_from_smtp_server_enable {Y | N}
schedule unit {Never | Hourly | Daily {schedule time {0:00 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 3:00 | 4:00 | 5:00 | 6:00 | 7:00 | 8:00 | 9:00 | 10:00 | 11:00}} {schedule meridiem {AM | PM}} | Weekly {schedule day {Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday |
Thursday | Friday | Saturday}} {schedule time {0:00 | 1:00 | 2:00 | 3:00 | 4:00 | 5:00 | 6:00 | 7:00 | 8:00 | 9:00 | 10:00 | 11:00}} {schedule meridiem {AM | PM}}}
syslog_server {ipaddress | domain name}
syslog_severity {LOG_EMERG | LOG_ALERT | LOG_CRITICAL |
LOG_ERROR | LOG_WARNING | LOG_NOTICE | LOG_INFO | LOG_DEBUG}
Mode system-config [logging-remote]
Keyword (might consist of two separate words)
Associated Keyword to Select or Parameter to Type
Description
Log identifier
log_identifier identifier The log identifier (alphanumeric string).
Email log configuration
email_logs_enable Y or N Enables or disables emailing of logs.
email_server ipaddress or domain name The IP address or domain name of the SMTP server.
return_email email address The email address (alphanumeric string) to which the SMTP server replies are sent.
send_to_email email address The email address (alphanumeric string) to which the logs and alerts are sent.
smtp_custom_port number The port number of the SMTP server for the outgoing email. The default port number is 25.
smtp_auth type None, Plain, or CRAM-MD5 The type of authentication for the SMTP server. If you select Plain or CRAM-MD5, you also need to configure the
smtp_auth username and smtp_auth password keywords and associated parameters.
smtp_auth username user name The user name for SMTP authentication if you have set the smtp_auth type keyword type to Plain or CRAM-MD5.
smtp_auth password password The password for SMTP
authentication if you have set smtp_auth type keyword to Plain or CRAM-MD5.
identd_from_smtp_server_enable Y or N Allows or rejects Identd protocol messages from the SMTP server.
Email log schedule
schedule unit Never, Hourly, Daily, or Weekly
The type of schedule for the emailing of logs and alerts. Note the following:
• If you select Never or Hourly, you do not need to further configure the schedule.
• If you select Daily, you also need to configure the schedule time and schedule meridiem keywords and their associated keywords.
• If you select Weekly, you also need to configure the
schedule day, schedule time, and
schedule meridiem keywords and their associated keywords.
schedule day Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday
The scheduled day if you have set the schedule unit keyword to Weekly.
schedule time 0:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, or 11:00
The scheduled time if you have set the schedule unit keyword to Daily or Weekly.
schedule meridiem AM or PM The meridiem for the start time if you have set the schedule unit keyword to Daily or Weekly.
Keyword (might consist of two separate words)
Associated Keyword to Select or Parameter to Type
Description
Command example:
FVS318N> system logging remote configure
system-config[logging-remote]> log_identifier FVS318N-Bld3 system-config[logging-remote]> email_logs_enable Y
system-config[logging-remote]> email_server SMTP.Netgear.com system-config[logging-remote]> return_email [email protected] system-config[logging-remote]> send_to_email [email protected] system-config[logging-remote]> smtp_custom_port 2025
system-config[logging-remote]> smtp_auth type None system-config[logging-remote]> schedule unit Weekly system-config[logging-remote]> schedule day Sunday system-config[logging-remote]> schedule time 00 system-config[logging-remote]> schedule meridiem AM
system-config[logging-remote]> syslog_server fe80::a0ca:f072:127f:b028%21 system-config[logging-remote]> syslog_severity LOG_EMERG
system-config[logging-remote]> save
Related show command: show system logging remote setup Syslog server
syslog_server ipaddress or domain name The IP address or domain name of the syslog server.
syslog_severity LOG_EMERG, LOG_ALERT, LOG_CRITICAL,
LOG_ERROR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_NOTICE, LOG_INFO, or LOG_DEBUG
The syslog severity level. The keywords are self-explanatory.
Note: All the logs with a severity that is equal to and above the severity that you specify are logged on the specified syslog server. For example, if you select
LOG_CRITICAL as the severity, then the logs with the severities LOG_CRITICAL, LOG_ALERT, and LOG_EMERG are logged.
Keyword (might consist of two separate words)
Associated Keyword to Select or Parameter to Type
Description