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FS700TS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Monitoring the Switch 7-7
v1.0, September 2007
2. Click REFRESH or CLEAR LOGS to refresh or reset the Flash Logs screen.
Server Log
The Server Log screen contains information for viewing and configuring the remote log servers.
New log servers can be defined and the log severity sent to each server.
To configure remote log servers:
1. Click Monitoring > Logs > Server Log . The Server Log screen displays:
The Server Log screen contains the following fields:
• Server IP – Enter the server’s IP address to which logs can be sent.
• UDP Port – Enter the UDP port to which the server logs are sent. The possible range is 1
- 65535. The default value is 514.
• Facility – Select an application from which system logs are sent to the remote server. Only
one facility can be assigned to a single server. If a second facility level is assigned, the first
facility is overridden. All applications defined for a device utilize the same facility on a
server. The field default is Local 0. The possible field values are Local 0 - Local 7.
• Description – Enter a user-defined server description.
• Minimum Severity – Select the minimum severity level for which logs are sent to the
server. For example, if Notice is selected, all logs with a severity level of Notice and
higher are sent to the remote server. The default value is Informational. The possible field
values are:
– Emergency – The highest warning level. If the device is down or not functioning
properly, an emergency log message is saved to the specified logging location.
– Alert – The second highest warning level. An alert log is saved, if there is a serious
device malfunction; for example, all device features are down.
Figure 7-5