The syslog server admin wants me to log to a dns name, not a ip address. He wants to be able to move his syslog server around.
Since IOS 10.0 it's always resolve the dns name and put in a ip address. Any idea why Cisco hardware won't log to a hostname? Same thing happens with SNMP/NTP, etc.
Cat3550-Lab(config)#logging syslog1.foo.local
Translating "syslog1.foo.local"...domain server (10.10.32.245) [OK]
Cat3550-Lab(config)#exit
Cat3550-Lab#show run | begin ip name-server
ip name-server 10.10.32.245
ip name-server 10.10.254.210
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