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what is a good value for the log buffer? C850 series

Hi all!

I recently upgraded my C857 memory from 64Mb to 128Mb. (The 850 series have a memory slot, where you can place in a PC133 DIMM - just make sure it is a low profile dimm)

I was inspired by this article: (I used a low profile dimm -- no need te cut the metal frame) At your own risk!

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I have a picture of the inside if someone is interested.

It now boots up with:

"System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YI4, RELEASE SOFTWARE Technical Support:

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(c) 2006 by cisco Systems, Inc.

C850 series (Board ID: 2-149) platform with 131072 Kbytes of main memory"

:D

No, to actually do something usefull with the extra ram :) I want to increase the log buffer a bit. How much should I set it with 128Mb ram? I've set it to 20k for now

My device is als configered as DNS forwarder (to my ISP's upstream DNS servers) Can I set the DNS cache time out a bit higher?

Greetings & tanks in advace S.

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Steven
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20K for logging buffer should suffice

Post output of show memory summary

Reply to
Merv

sh mem Head Total(b) Used(b) Free(b) Lowest(b) Largest(b)

Processor 81D5CFA4 90845276 16345888 74499388 74499388

74470648

I/O 7400000 12582912 3590636 8992276 8981344

8978940

Thanks! S;

Reply to
Steven

you have around 74 Megs of free memory

Reply to
Merv

But you probably don't want to dedicate 74MB to the log buffer. :-)

On our fairly busy 6500s we have the log buffer up at 128KB, which is sometimes useful but can also be a pain to scroll through to the end.

Sam

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Sam Wilson

Hi there!

Thanks for the tip. Seems a good amound to me. The log fills up with 7-12K/day so 128K wil give me a +- week or more

More then enough Thx!

S.

Reply to
Steven

You can also set up a syslog server to retain all loggin info for a long period of time.

I like the logging buffer so that I can quickly find recent messages while on a routr/switches that I am torublshooting

CAT6K-WILDCAT#show logging | inc Jan 11 Jan 11 10:57:51.684 EST: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console

CAT6K-WILDCAT#show logging | inc Jan 11 10: Jan 11 10:57:51.684 EST: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console

Reply to
Merv

Hey

Thanks for the tip! Very usefull!

Greetings, Steven

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Steven

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