Cisco Wireless LAN Controller

Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Log Forwarding Configuration

Refer to the official documentation below to configure log forwarding from Cisco Wireless LAN Controller.


Supported Log Formats

The Scope application supports ingestion of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller logs in the Syslog format.

Sample logs

<13> 10.0.224.12 2024-02-28T14:03:10-05:00 10.0.224.12 5508-WLC-02: *webauthRedirect: Feb 28 14:03:10.859: %EMWEB-6-PARSE_ERROR: webauth_redirect.c:2222 parser exited. client mac= c:8b:7d:54:24:fb bytes parsed = 0

<187>26709: Jul 10 11:31:20.230: %SNMP-3-AUTHFAIL: Authentication failure for SNMP req from host 10.20.1.19

<188>928494: 928492: Aug 21 03:26:47: %CDP-4-DUPLEX_MISMATCH: duplex mismatch discovered on redacted1/0/28 (not half duplex), with 00:0e:44:02:67:4f eth0 (half duplex).

<13> 10.21.254.4 2025-12-09T09:56:32-05:00 10.21.254.4 %ILPOWER-5-IEEE_DISCONNECT: Interface redacted/0/43: PD removed

<190>: 2026 Mar 19 09:48:58 EDT: %SYSMGR-6-SRVSTATE_CHANGED: State for service """"xmlma"""" changed from SRV_STATE_HANDSHAKED to SRV_STATE_WAIT_CFG_ACTION_RSP in vdc 1.

<134>CRIWLC5520: *haSSOServiceTask4: Apr 03 17:16:21.141: %LOG-6-Q_IND: [SS]apf_ms.c:8996 Username entry (xxxxxx) with length (6) created for mobile 16:bc:5a:d1:df:5a