3Com 8807 Configuration Manual page 831

The modules that allowed to output information are ARP and IP
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Network diagram
Figure 192 Network diagram
Switch Switch Switch
Configuration steps
1 Configuration on the switch
# Enable information center
[SW8800] info-center enable
# Set the host with the IP address of 202.38.1.10 as the loghost; set the severity
level threshold value as informational, set the output language to English; set that
the modules which are allowed to output information are ARP and IP.
[SW8800] info-center loghost 202.38.1.10 facility local4 language english
[SW8800] info-center source arp channel loghost log level informational
[SW8800] info-center source ip channel loghost log level informational
2 Configuration on the loghost
This configuration is performed on the loghost. The following example is
performed on SunOS 4.0 and the operation on Unix operation system produced
by other manufactures is generally the same to the operation on SunOS 4.0.
Step 1: Perform the following command as the super user (root).
# mkdir /var/log/3Com
# touch /var/log/3Com/information
Step 2: Edit file /etc/syslog.conf as the super user (root), add the following
selector/actor pairs.
# 3Com configuration messages
local4.info
n
Note the following points when editing /etc/syslog.conf:
The note must occupy a line and start with the character #.
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There must be a tab other than a space as the separator in selector/actor pairs.
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No redundant space after file name.
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The device name and the acceptant log information level specified in
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/etc/syslog.conf must be consistent with information center loghost and
Network Network
/var/log/3Com/information
Information Center Function
PC PC
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