Sends error message notifications (Cisco Syslog MIB). Specify the level of messages to be sent with the logging history level command.

A server used by other hosts to remotely record logging information.

A BSD logging system used to collect and manage other subsystem's logging data.

A facility used to collect messages from system programs and applications. These are identified by a source facility and priority level. The /etc/syslog.conf file assigns an action with each combination of source and priority level.

IP network. The term "syslog" is often used for both the actual syslog protocol, as well as the application or library sending syslog messages.