Logging XML - A short DocCD adventure

I had a task today in IPexpert volume 2 section 7 that asked me to configure R5 such that while I am telnetted into it, it will display error messages in XML. huh?

I had no idea what command this was and while it turned out to be simple here's how I found it:

1. Main DocCD URL:
http://www.cisco.com/web/psa/products/index.html

2. Select Cisco IOS Software > 12.4 > 12.4 Mainline

3. Master Index

4. Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases

5. Now here is where I used the browser search to look for XML in EACH page (didn't take but 1 minute). By the time I go to section labeled "is-type through mwi-server" I had found the following commands:

logging buffered xml
logging console xml
logging monitor xml

Which one is it? Well it's not buffered because we want the logs displayed on the screen. And it's probably not console because we are going to be logged in through the vty. So I used the logging monitor xml and then test:

R5(config)#logging monitor xml

From any other router:

R1#
R1#telnet 192.168.5.5
Trying 192.168.5.5 ... Open


User Access Verification

Password:
R5>en
Password:
R5#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R5(config)#int f0/1
R5(config-if)#shut
R5(config-if)#

hmm...nothing...oh wait!

R5(config-if)#
R5(config-if)#exit
R5(config)#exit
R5#term mon
R5#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R5(config)#int f0/1
R5(config-if)#no shut
R5(config-if)#
LINK3UPDOWN*Nov 8 20:07:21.098FastEthernet0/1up

That's better!