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Device Manager Guide, Cisco ACE 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance
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Chapter 4 Configuring Virtual Contexts
Configuring Virtual Context Syslog Logging
Step 3 Click Deploy Now to deploy this configuration on the ACE appliance.
To configure other Syslog attributes for this virtual context, see the following topics:
• Configuring Syslog Log Hosts, page 4-16
• Configuring Syslog Log Messages, page 4-17
• Configuring Syslog Log Rate Limits, page 4-18
Related Topics
• Configuring Virtual Contexts, page 4-7
Enable Fastpath
Logging
This option indicates whether connection
setup and teardown messages are logged.
Check the check box to enable the logging of setup and
teardown messages or clear the check box to disable
the logging of setup and teardown messages.
This option is disabled by default.
Device Id Type This option specifies the type of unique
device identifier to be included in syslog
messages sent to the syslog server.
The device identifier does not appear in
EMBLEM-formatted messages, SNMP
traps, or on the ACE appliance console,
management session, or buffer.
Select the type of device identifier to be used:
• Any String—Indicates that a test string is to be
used to uniquely identify syslog messages send
from the ACE appliance.
• Context Name—Indicates that the name of the
current virtual context is to be used to uniquely
identify the syslog messages sent from the ACE
appliance.
• Host Name—Indicates that the hostname of the
ACE appliance is to be used to uniquely identify
the syslog messages sent from the ACE appliance.
• Interface—Indicates that the IP address of the
interface is to be used to uniquely identify the
syslog messages sent from the ACE appliance.
• Undefined—Indicates that no identifier is to be
used.
Device Interface Name This field appears if the Device Id Type is
Interface.
This option specifies the logging device
interface to be used to uniquely identify
syslog messages sent from the ACE
appliance.
Enter a text string that uniquely identifies the logging
device interface name whose ID is to be included in
system messages. The maximum string length is
64 characters without spaces. Do not use the following
characters: & (ampersand), ‘ (single quote), “ (double
quote), < (less than), > (greater than), or ? (question
mark).
Logging Device Id This field appears if the Device ID Type
is Any String.
This option specifies the text string to be
used to uniquely identify syslog messages
sent from the ACE appliance.
Enter a text string that uniquely identifies the syslog
messages sent from the ACE appliance. The maximum
string length is 64 characters without spaces. Do not
use the following characters: & (ampersand), ‘ (single
quote), “ (double quote), < (less than), > (greater than),
or ? (question mark).
Table 4-5 Virtual Context Syslog Configuration Attributes (continued)
Field Description Action