Logs Facility And Severity - Cisco WS-CE500 Administration Manual

Administration
Configuring the Logging Options
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Cisco SA500 Series Security Appliances Administration Guide
• Day: If logs are to be sent on a weekly basis, choose the day of the week.
• Time: Select the time of day when logs should be sent.
If you want the security appliance to send logs to a syslog server, enter the IP
address or the Internet name of the server in the SysLog Server field.
Click Apply to save your settings.

Logs Facility and Severity

A variety of events can be captured and logged for review. These logs can be sent
to a syslog server or emailed to a specified address. You can also specify which
system messages are logged based on the facility that generated the message
and its severity level.
Click Administration> Logging > Logs Facility and Severity.
The Logs Facility and Severity window opens.
Select the logging severity level and as defined in the
Check the box for each event that you want to display in the local log or to send to
the syslog server.
Click Apply to save your settings.
Log Severity Levels
Emergency (level 0)
Alert (level 1)
Critical (level 2)
Error (level 3)
Warning (level 4)
Notification (level 5)
System unusable. Syslog definition is LOG_EMERG.
Immediate action needed. Syslog definition is
LOG_ALERT.
Critical conditions. Syslog definition is LOG_CRIT.
Error conditions. Syslog definition is LOG_ERR.
Warning conditions. Syslog definition is LOG_WARNING.
Normal but significant condition. Syslog definition is
LOG_NOTICE.
Log Severity Levels
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