200-901 Cisco Platforms and Development Practice Question
An EEM applet is triggered when a specific syslog message pattern appears. Which action should be used to send a custom syslog message?
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action 1.0 syslog msg "Custom event occurred"
EEM applets use 'action <label> syslog msg <message>' to generate a syslog message.
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action 1.0 cli command "show logging"
Why it's wrong here
This executes a CLI command, not a syslog.
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action 1.0 syslog msg "Custom event occurred"
Why this is correct
Correct. This generates a syslog message with the specified text.
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action 1.0 info type routername
Why it's wrong here
This is not a valid EEM action.
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action 1.0 set 1.0 _syslog_msg "Custom event"
Why it's wrong here
Setting a variable does not generate a syslog.
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