User guide

26 Cyclades® CS Console Server Installation, Administration and User Guide
c. Select an option from the Show Menu pull-down menu. The choices are: show all options,
No, Show data buffering file only and Show without the erase options.
6. Click apply changes.
Step 5: System Log
Selecting Step 5: System Log displays a form for identifying one or more syslog servers to receive
syslog messages generated by the console server’s serial ports.
Figure 4.9: Wizard - Step 5: System Log
NOTE: To configure syslog with data buffering features for specific ports, switch to the Expert mode, then select
Ports - Physical Ports - Modify Selected Ports - Data Buffering.
Before setting up syslogging, make sure a pre-configured syslog server is available on the same
network as the console server. From the syslog server administrator, obtain the the IP address of the
syslog server and the facility number for messages coming from the syslog server.
To add a syslog server:
1. Select Step 5: System Log. The System Log form displays.
2. From the Facility Number pull-down menu, select the facility number.
3. In the New Syslog Server field, enter the IP address of a syslog server and then click the Add
button. Repeat this step until all syslog servers are listed.
4. The new server(s) appears in the Syslog Servers list.
5. Click apply changes.
To delete a syslog server:
1. From the Syslog Server list, select the syslog server that you wish to delete from the current
facility location and then click Delete.
2. Click apply changes.