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Network monitoring and logging with SNMP and syslog facilities and severity levels

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Network monitoring and logging with SNMP and syslog facilities and severity levels

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Explain the purpose of SNMP in network monitoring and distinguish polling and trap-based notification behavior at a foundational level.
Identify the role of SNMP managers and agents and interpret the use of community strings in basic SNMPv2c operation.
Explain the purpose of syslog for centralized event collection and local logging on network devices.

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Identify syslog message facilities as categories that indicate the source or process generating a log message.

Configure and verify basic SNMP and syslog settings on Cisco devices, including host targets, community strings, trap generation, logging destinations, and severity thresholds.

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