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Spectralink 84-Series Series Wireless Telephones Administration Guide
1725-86984-000_P.docx
September 2016
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Because syslog is supported by a wide variety of devices and receivers, syslog can be used to
integrate log data from many different types of systems into a central repository.
Web Info: Information on Syslog
For more information on the syslog protocol, see
You can modify the following parameters from the Syslog Menu:
Table 3-83: Syslog Menu
Name
Possible Values
Server Address
Dotted-decimal IP address OR Domain name string
The syslog server IP address. The default value is Null.
Server Type
None=0, UDP=1, TCP=2, TLS=3
The protocol that the handset will use to write to the syslog server. If set to None (or 0), transmission is turned off,
but the server address is preserved.
Facility
0 to 23
A description of what generated the log message. For more information, see section 4.1.1 of RFC 3164.
The de
fault value is 16, which maps to ‘local 0’.
Render Level
0 to 6
Specifies the lowest class of event that will be rendered to syslog. It is based on
device
.
syslog.renderLevel
and can be a lower value. See Appendix D for device parameters.
Note: Use left and right arrow keys to change values when using the Admin menu on the handset.
Prepend MAC Address
Enabled, Disabled
If enabled, the handset’s MAC address is prepended to the log message sent to the syslog server. Spectralink
recommends enabling this parameter.
Login Credentials Menu
You can modify the following parameters from the Login Credentials menu:
Table 3-9: Login Credentials Menu
Name
Possible Values
Domain
UTF-8 encoded string
The domain name used by a server.
User
UTF-8 encoded string
The user name used to authenticate to a server.
Password
UTF-8 encoded string
The password used to authenticate to a server.