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System Log Settings

The Switch can send Syslog messages to up to four designated servers using the Current System Log Host
window. Click Administration > System Log Settings, to view the screen shown below.

Figure 6- 13. Current System Log Host window

The parameters configured for adding and editing System Log Server settings are the same. To add a new
Syslog Server, click the Add button. To modify a current entry, click the hyperlinked number of the server
in the Index field. Both actions will result in the same screen to configure. See the table below for a
description of the parameters in the following window.

Figure 6- 14. Configure System Log Server - Add

The following parameters can be set:

Parameter Description

Index(1-4)

Syslog server settings index (1-4).

Host IP

The IP address of the Syslog server.

Severity

This drop-down menu allows you to select the level of messages that will be sent. The options
are Warning, Informational, and All.

Facility

Some of the operating system daemons and processes have been assigned Facility values.
Processes and daemons that have not been explicitly assigned a Facility may use any of the
"local use" facilities or they may use the "user-level" Facility. Those Facilities that have been
designated are shown in the following. Bold font denotes the facility values that the Switch
currently implements.

Numerical Facility
Code

0 kernel messages
1 user-level messages
2 mail system
3 system daemons