Syslog Mode - Avaya 3641 Administration Manual

Syslog mode

A syslog server must be present on the network in order for the handset to send the log
messages and save the messages. The syslog server will be found with DHCP option 7
if the handset is using DHCP. If static addresses are configured, the syslog server's IP
address can be configured statically in the Admin menu. Alternatively, you may set
LOGSRVR in SSON or the 46xxsettings.txt file.
Note:
If the syslog server address is blank (000.000.000.000 or 255.255.255.255) or the
handset is using DHCP and no option 7 is received from the DHCP server, the handset
will not send any syslog messages.
Admin menu options:

*Disabled – turns syslog off.

Errors – causes the handset to log only events that we consider to be an error (see
below).

Events – logs all errors plus some other interesting events (see below).

Full – logs all the above plus a running stream of other quality information (see
below).
Messages are formatted like the following example:
JAN 21 12:51:26 172.29.76.67:11133>Jan 21 19:50:46.00 0090.7a05.18f6
(172.029.076.067) [0000] Successful Handoff to 0013.5f59.9970 (-68 dBm)
from 0000.0000.0000 (-0 dBm), Reason 24, other APs:0013.5f59.9970 (-68
dBm) 0, TxPO:15 dBm, TxPN:15 dBm
The message may be divided into three parts, a header added by the logger program, a
header added by the handset, and the message itself.
The header added by the logger program is the first part of the message.
<JAN 21 12:51:26 172.29.76.67:11133>
The information in this header includes the date and time from the logging computer's
internal clock, as well as the IP address of the device sending the message. The
additional information from p-Logger (11133) is the UDP source port number from the
handset.
The handset header in above example is:
Jan 21 19:50:46.00 0090.7a05.18f6 (172.029.076.067) [0000]
The handset header contains the date and time, but this time from the handset's clock,
followed by the Phone's MAC (Media Access Control) address, the phone's IP address
in parentheses, and a message number in brackets.
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