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Document Change Notice
300020-C Rev. 00
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You can filter event messages by:
• Entity name
• Event number
• Event severity level
• Device slot number
Figure 8 illustrates how an entity filter limits the number of event messages
forwarded by Syslog from a router to a specific remote host.
Figure 8. Router Event Message Filtering for One Host
Entity Filters
Each protocol and system service in the router software has a unique entity name.
Each event message contains the name of the entity that originated (logged) that
message. For a complete list of BayRS entity names and their corresponding
internal entity numbers, refer to the BayRS documentation CD, or access the event
message database at:
http://support.baynetworks.com/library/tpubs/events
Select by
entity
number
Select by event
number range
Select by event
severity levels
Select by slot
number range
New unfiltered
messages from
the events log
Filtered
event
messages
for a
designated
remote
host
(OR)
Entity filter for one host:
TS0002B