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MAX Administration Guide
Understanding Syslog messages
Understanding Level 5 messages
Understanding Level 5 messages
The data for Level 5 (notice) Syslog messages is derived from the Call Detail Reporting (CDR)
display, lines 3 and 4. The CDR database provides information about each call, including date,
time, duration, called number, calling number, call direction, service type, and associated
inverse multiplexing session and port. Because the network carrier charges for bandwidth on
an as-used basis, and bills each connection in an inverse-multiplexed call as a separate charge,
use CDR to understand and manage bandwidth usage and the cost of each inverse-multiplexed
session. Because the date, type, and name of syslog messages are added by the Syslog host, the
MAX does not include that data in its message format. Here are three examples of Syslog
entries, including the entries sent by the Syslog host:
Feb 24 11:15:02 irmasmax ASCEND: slot 0 port 0, line 1, channel 1, \
No Connection
Feb 24 10:16:00 irmasmax ASCEND: slot 4 port 1, Call Terminated
Feb 24 10:16:55 irmasmax ASCEND: slot 4 port 1, Outgoing Call, 123
In the preceding example, the Syslog displays three messages regarding a unit named
irmasmax.
The backslash (
\
) indicates that the first log entry continues to the following
line.
Level 5 messages are presented in the following format:
ASCEND:call-event-ID event-description slot-N port-N data-svcK phone-N
Table A-3 describes the output of Level 5 Syslog messages.
Gathering tunneling information
In an End-Of-Call Syslog message, the tunneling clause specified by
Tunn
provides tunnel
information for Ascend Tunneling Management Protocol (ATMP), Layer2 Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP), and Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) calls. The message can include a
combination of the following three items of information:
•
Client endpoint
•
Server endpoint
•
Group ID
Table A-3. Level 5 Syslog messages
Field
Description
call-event-ID
Specifies the event ID in the CDR display.
event-description
Describes the Call Detail Reporting (CDR) event.
slot N-port-N
Indicates the (Ascend Inverse Multiplexing) AIM port, which is
suppressed when it is not applicable or is unknown.
data-svcK
Indicates the data service in use.
phone-N
Indicates the phone number.
