Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS Log Forwarding Configuration

Refer to the official Cisco documentation below to configure log forwarding from Cisco IOS.


Supported Log Formats

The Scope application supports ingestion of Cisco IOS logs in the Syslog format.

Sample logs

Feb 8 04:00:48 192.168.100.2 585917: Feb 8 04:00:47.272: %SEC-6-IPACCESSLOGRP: list 177 denied igmp 192.168.100.197 -> 224.0.0.22, 1 packet

<190>2361044: sw01: Jan 6 2022 22:11:43.398 AEST: %FOO-6-BAR: Test date format. 

<165>7433: ASR920: 007439: 2y10w: %SEC_LOGIN-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login Success [user: username] [Source: 192.168.0.1] [localport: 22] at 07:57:58 VIENNA Thu Jan 27 2022

<190>3132517: Jul 13 08:23:43 192.168.100.2 sw01: 3132779: Jul 14 2023 08:23:43.398 UTC: %FOO-6-BAR: Test header format

<190>2476281: Aug 26 00:30:01: %SEC-6-IPACCESSLOGRP: list INPUT-ACL denied ospf 10.254.68.71 -> 224.0.0.5, 68 packets

<140>67399: Nov 18 2025 01:25:34.952 REDACT: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 28de.65a7.91b8 in vlan 8 is flapping between port Po13 and port Te1/1/0/5

<188>10069: redacted-sw: 010073: Feb 22 11:52:40 CST: %SW_MATM-4-MACFLAP_NOTIF: Host 9210.0369.5ce0 in vlan 20 is flapping between port Te1/0/5 and port Te1/0/6

<189>24056546: .Apr 7 17:12:19.965: %ADJ-5-RESOLVE_REQ_FAIL: Adj resolve request failed for 10.10.50.163 on Vlan50

<186>15859: *Jul 11 16:48:26: %IOSXE_QFP-2-LOAD_RECOVER: Slot: 0, QFP:0, Load 27% recovered.

<186>: 2026 Mar 16 09:16:39 EDT: %CALLHOME-2-EVENT: PERIODIC_CONFIGURATION

<13> 10.135.0.111 2026-01-09T01:54:33-05:00 10.135.0.111 10139895: Jan 9 2026 07:54:32.032 IST: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3, changed state to down

<190>96709: 838531: Dec 9 06:59:23: %SPA_OIR-6-OFFLINECARD: SPA (NIM-4FXO) offline in subslot 0/1