Managing System Logs
Remote Log Servers
ESW 500 Series Switches Administration Guide
Add Syslog Server Page
Add Syslog Server Page
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Add Syslog Server Page
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Log Server IP Address — Specifies the server to which logs can be sent.
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UDP Port — Defines the UDP port to which the server logs are sent. The
possible range is 1 to 65535. The default value is 514.
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Facility — Defines a user-defined application from which system logs are sent
to the remote server. Only one facility can be assigned to a single server. If a
second facility level is assigned, the first facility is overridden. All applications
defined for a device utilize the same facility on a server. The field default is
Local 7. The possible field values are Local 0 - Local 7.
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Description — Provides a user-defined server description.
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Minimum Severity — Indicates the minimum severity level of logs that are sent
to the server. For example, if Notice is selected, all logs from a Notice severity
and higher are sent to the remote server.
The following are the available log severity levels:
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Emergency
functioning properly, an emergency log message is saved to the
specified logging location.
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Alert
— The second highest warning level. An alert log is saved, if there
is a serious device malfunction; for example, all device features are
down.
contains fields for defining new Remote Log
contains the following fields:
— The highest warning level. If the device is down or not
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