Enable And Disable Syslogs; Add A Syslog Recipient; Facility Code Levels - McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Enable and Disable
Syslogs
Add a Syslog
Recipient
• Delete syslog recipients from the list, which is described in
on page 6-20.
Syslog Recipients
• Identify which logs are sent to recipients, which is described in
Specify Which Logs Are Sent to a Recipient
Sending syslogs to recipients is disabled by default. To enable this
functionality, select the Enable button. To disable sending syslogs,
select the Disable button.
The Recipients part of the page shows the clients that the product is
configured to send syslogs to. The interface allows a maximum of
three syslog recipients.
To add an entry to the list, select the New button. The Recipient
Properties dialog becomes active.
Specify the IP address of the syslog recipient in the IP Address field.
Select a facility for the syslog recipient by choosing a listing from the
Facility drop-down list. The facility classifies syslog messages by
severity and maps to severity level of events on the product.
Specifying a level means that messages at that level and all of greater
severity are logged. Valid values for Facility and their meaning are
shown in Table 6-1.

Facility Code Levels

Table 6-1
Syslog
Severity Level Message Facility Code
Local 0 Emergency: system is unusable
Local 1 Alert: action must be taken immediately
Local 2 Critical: critical conditions
Local 3 Error: error conditions
Local 4 Warning: warning conditions
Local 5 Notice: normal but significant condition
Local 6 Informational
Local 7 Debug: debug-level messages
Viewing Syslog Configuration
Delete
on page 6-20.
E/OS Security
Log Level
N/A
N/A
Error
N/A
N/A
Change
Informational
N/A
Viewing System Logs
6
6-19