Lantech 2204F Series, User Manual

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5.15 Port
– Port Alert
Having ticked the Syslog / SMTP checkboxes, the event log/email alert will be sent to
the system log server and the SMTP server respectively. Also, Port event log/alert
(link up, link down, and both) can be sent to the system log server/SMTP server
respectively by setting the trigger condition.
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System event selection: There are 3 event types
—Device Cold Start,
Authentication Failure, and X-ring Topology Change. The checkboxes are not
available for ticking unless the Syslog Client Mode on the Syslog Configuration
tab and the E-mail Alert on the SMTP Configuration tab are enabled first.

Device cold start: When the device executes cold start action, the system
will issue the event log/email alert to the system log/SMTP server
respectively.

Authentication Failure: When the SNMP authentication fails, the system
will issue the event log/email alert to the system log/SMTP server
respectively.

MAC Violation: When the MAC address has violated, the system will issue
the event log/email alert to the system log/SMTP server respectively.

Port event selection: Also, before the drop-down menu items are available, the
Syslog Client Mode selection item on the Syslog Configuration tab and the E-
mail Alert selection item on the SMTP Configuration tab must be enabled first.
Those drop-down menu items have 3 selections
—
Link UP , Link Down , and Link
UP & Link Down . Disable means no event will be sent to the system log/SMTP
server.
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Link UP: The system will only issue a log message when the link-up event of
the port occurs.

Link Down: The system will only issue a log message when the link-down
event of port occurs.
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Link UP & Link Down: The system will issue a log message at the time
when port connection is link-up and link-down.