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3.3.2.12 Syslog Setup
Syslog is a standard for logging program messages and is now standardized within the Syslog working group
of the IETF. Syslog allows separation of the software that generates messages from the system that stores them
and the software that reports and analyzes them.
Syslog, in NMC, can be used for security auditing (login) as well as generalized informational (link down),
analysis, and debugging (loop back) messages. The syslog function of NMC can be used to integrate log data into
a central repository.
Each alarm item in the NMC is assigned a specific “Facility message” and then is further assigned a Severity
(Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info or Debug) by NMC. Generated alarms are then sent to
syslog server. There are 8 (eight) entries available for Syslog receiver IP addresses.