Understanding Cisco Severity Logging Level

Logging Level

To enable logging messages from a defined facility that have the specified severity level or higher, use the logging level command. To disable logging messages from a defined facility, use the no form of this command.

logging level facility severity-level

no logging level facility severity-level

Syntax Description

facilityFacility. The facilities are listed in System Message Logging Facilities.
To apply the same severity level to all facilities, use the all facility.
severity-levelNumber of the desired severity level at which messages should be logged. Messages at or numerically lower than the specified level are logged. Severity levels are as follows:
0 —emergency: System unusable
1 —alert: Immediate action needed
2 —critical: Critical condition—default level
3 —error: Error condition
4 —warning: Warning condition
5 —notification: Normal but significant condition
6 —informational: Informational message only
7 —debugging: Appears during debugging only

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Global configuration mode

Examples

This example shows how to enable logging messages from the AAA facility that have a severity level of 2 or higher:

switch(config)# logging level aaa 2