Adding A Syslog Filter - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Syslogs

Adding a syslog filter

You can add a syslog filter on SAN products, IP products, or Hosts.
1. Select Monitor > Syslog Configuration > Syslog Forwarding.
2. Click the Enable syslog forwarding check box.
3. Click Add in the Filters list.
4. Select the SAN, IP, or Host tab. Depending on the tab selected, the products available to which
5. Enter a unique name for the syslog filter in the Filter Name field.
6. Enter a general description of the syslog filter in the Description field. This field is case
7.
8. Click the Forward Snort® Messages check box to turn on Snort message forwarding. See
9. Select the product from the Available Products list and click the right arrow button to move it to
10. Click OK.
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The Syslog Forwarding dialog box displays.
The Add Syslog Filter dialog box, shown in
FIGURE 383
Add Syslog Filter dialog box
you can add a syslog filter display in the Available Products list.
insensitive.
(Optional) For additional filtering, enter a text string using from 1 to 512 metacharacters or wild
card symbols in the Regular Expression field. The regular expression is used to describe a
pattern in text. You can use an asterisk (*) to indicate a wildcard, as in the following examples:
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*cdef: Matches a message ending with cdef
•
abc*: Matches a message beginning with abc
•
*abc*: Matches a message that contains abc
"Snort message forwarding"
the Selected Products list.
Figure 383, displays.
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