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D: E
VENT
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ESSAGES
Using SYSLOG
This section describes how to configure RAS 1500 to send event
messages to the SYSLOG host you define. The first step (below) involves
setting up your SYSLOG server to receive data from RAS 1500.
Configuring SYSLOG
Hosts on RAS 1500
You can define separate SYSLOG hosts to which event messages are
logged by the event logging level associated with the message. For
example, you can configure a SYSLOG host to log event messages with a
Critical logging level only, while another SYSLOG host logs Unusual or
Critical event messages.
To configure a SYSLOG host, use the following CLI command:
add syslog <ip name or address> facility <facility_node>
loglevel <loglevel choice>
■
ip name/address
is the network designation of the syslog host to
which you want event messages sent.
■
facility
is the syslog node priority to which syslog messages are sent.
The choices are:
■
log_auth
■
log_local0
■
log_local1
■
log_local2
... and so forth to
log_local7
For example, to define a SYSLOG host logging common, unusual, and
critical events, type:
add syslog 191.54.42.115 facility log_auth loglevel common
ENTER
Setting the Event Log
Level
You can set the log level for each RAS 1500 facility. By setting the event
log level, you define the level at which you want messages associated
with the facility to be displayed on the console port. Messages associated
with a selected loglevel are displayed along with any more serious log
levels.
For example, if you set the event log level for the IP facility to Critical, RAS
1500 will only send
critical
event messages to the console port.
