Message Format For Forwarding Syslog - Fujitsu XG1200 User Manual

XG1200 User's Guide
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Message Format for Forwarding syslog

The logs output from the XG1200 can be forwarded to your syslog server. The XG1200 forwards logs in a message format that
conforms to the RFC3164 The BSD Syslog Protocol.
The format the XG1200 uses to forward a syslog message to the syslog server is shown below.
Format of syslog
message in
XG1200
Priority
Time
Host name
Device type
Function type
Severity
Message ID
Message
The XG1200 appends Priority value at the beginning of the log message stored inside it and inserts Device type value between
Host name and Function type before forwading the message to the specified syslog server.
The Priority value is used to identify the severity and facility of a log message.
It is added according to the following rules.
Priority must have three, four, or five characters. It starts with an angle bracket "<", followed by a number, which is
followed by an angle bracket ">". Example: <14>
The number included in the Priority represents the Priority value which is calculated from the Facility code (Facility)
and the Severity code (Severity). The Priority value consists of one, two, or three decimal integers.
The Priority value is calculated by first multiplying the Facility code by 8 and then adding the numerical value of the
Severity code.
The Facility code defined in the XG1200 is:
Facility code
1
The Severity codes defined in the XG1200 are:
Severity code
2
3
4
6
Description
Priority string
Time at which the message is generated
(MM:DD:HH:MM:SS)
Host name of XG1200
XG
Abbreviated name for the control that outputs the
message.
Severity of message
The code which uniquely identifies the message
Message text
random user-level messages
Critical :critical conditions
Error :error conditions
Warning :warning conditions
Informational :informational messages
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Format of syslog message in
PRI part
HEADER
part
MSG part
Type of Facility
Description of Severity
RFC3164
Priority
TimeStamp
HostName
Tag
Content