User`s guide

56UPS Network Management Card 2 User’s Guide
Syslog test and format example
Path: Logs > Syslog > Test
Send a test message to the Syslog servers (configured through the “Identifying Syslog servers” option above).
The result will be sent to all configured Syslog servers.
Select a severity to assign to the test message and then define the test message. Format the message to consist
of the event type (APC, System, or Device, for example) followed by a colon, a space, and the event text. The
message can have a maximum of 50 characters.
• The priority (PRI): the Syslog priority assigned to the message’s event, and the facility code of
messages sent by the
NMC.
• The Header: a time stamp and the IP address of the
NMC.
• The message (MSG) part:
– The TAG field, followed by a colon and space, identifies the event type.
– The CONTENT field is the event text, followed (optionally) by a space and the event code.
Example:
APC: Test Syslog is valid.
Severity
Mapping
Maps each severity level of NMC or Environment events to available Syslog priorities. The
local options are Critical, Warning, and Informational. You should not need to change the
mappings.
The following definitions are from RFC3164:
• Emergency: The system is unusable
• Alert: Action must be taken immediately
• Critical: Critical conditions
• Error: Error conditions
• Warning: Warning conditions
• Notice: Normal but significant conditions
• Informational: Informational messages
• Debug: Debug-level messages
Following are the default settings for the Local Priority settings:
• Severe is mapped to Critical
• Warning is mapped to Warning
• Informational is mapped to Info
Note: To disable Syslog messages, see “Configuring event actions”.
Field Description