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200-201 Practice Question: A Cisco ASA firewall is configured to send syslog…
A Cisco ASA firewall is configured to send syslog messages to a SIEM. Which logging level includes 'informational' messages?
⚠ Common exam trap
Cisco often tests the specific mapping of syslog severity names to numeric levels, and the trap here is confusing 'Informational' (Level 6) with 'Notice' (Level 5) or 'Debugging' (Level 7), as candidates may misremember the order or assume 'Informational' is a lower number.
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Level 6
C is correct because Cisco ASA syslog messages use the standard syslog severity levels defined in RFC 5424. 'Informational' messages correspond to severity Level 6, which provides normal operational information such as connection teardowns or configuration changes. This level is commonly used for monitoring without overwhelming the SIEM with debug-level data.
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Level 5
Why it's wrong here
Level 5 is 'notification', covering normal but significant events, not informational messages. It is tempting because it sits close to informational in severity, but the informational level is 6; level 5 would omit the routine informational syslog traffic the SIEM needs.
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Level 3
Why it's wrong here
Level 3 is 'errors', covering error conditions only, so informational messages are excluded. It is tempting because errors are commonly forwarded to a SIEM, but informational sits at level 6, and configuring level 3 would suppress the routine informational events required.
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Level 6
Why this is correct
Level 6 (informational) captures routine operational events without the volume of debugging output, satisfying the requirement to include informational messages. Cisco syslog levels run 0–7, where level 6 maps to informational and level 7 to debugging, so level 6 is the precise threshold for this scenario.
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Level 0
Why it's wrong here
Level 0 is 'emergencies', reserved for system-unusable conditions, so it excludes informational messages entirely. It is tempting because a low number appears inclusive, but severity numbering runs inversely: 0 is most severe and 7 is debugging, with informational at 6.
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