Guntermann & Drunck DVICenter DP16 Config Panel - Manual (Page 40)

Network functions of the devices
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Sending syslog messages to a server
How to send syslog messages to a server:
1. Use the tree view to click on KVM matrix systems > [name] > Matrix switches .
2. Right-click the device to be configured. Now click the Configuration entry in the
context menu.
3. Click the Network tab.
4. Click the Syslog tab and enter the following data in the Syslog server 1 or
Syslog server 2 section:
5. Click OK to close the window.
Syslog server: Select the respective entry from the pull-down menu to
define whether syslog messages are to be sent to a server
or not:
 Disabled
 Enabled
Log Level: Use the pull-down menu to select from which severity
code on a log message is to be logged.
The selected severity code and all lower severity codes
are logged.
IP address/
DNS name:
Enter the IP address or the server name to which the sys-
log messages are to be sent.
Port: Enter the port – usually 514 – on which the server receives
the incoming messages.
Protocol: Select the protocol – usually UDP – on which the server
receives the incoming messages:
 TCP
 UDP
If you select severity code 2 - Critical, messages for this code and for the
severity codes 1 - Alert and 0 - Emergency are logged.