User`s guide

Configuration>Network>Syslog
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
The top of the screen is used to tell the OnSite where to send syslog messages:
• One facility number can be specified for messages from serial ports and
AUX ports and another facility number for messages from KVM ports.
See “Facility Numbers for Syslog Messages” on page 28 for details.
Obtain the facility numbers to use from the syslog server’s administrator.
See ““To Add a Syslog Server [Wizard]” on page 183 for how a syslog
server is configured for the OnSite. The same server or different syslog
servers and the same or duplicate facility numbers can be specified
according to your site’s configuration.
• Syslog messages can be sent to the console port (for logging the messages
even if no user is logged in); to all sessions where the root user is logged
in, or to one or more syslog servers.
• Entries for syslog servers can be added or deleted.
The bottom of the screen has checkboxes for specifying which types of
messages are forwarded based on the following criteria:
• Their severity level: “Emergency,” “Alert,” “Critical,” “Error,”
“Warning,” “Notice,” “Info,” “Debug”
• Their category “CAS/AUX log;” “KVM log;” “Data Buffering log;”
“Web log;” or “System log.”
T To Configure Syslogging and Message
Filtering [Expert]
1. Go to Configuration>Network>Syslog in Expert mode.
The Syslog screen displays.
2. Select a destination for the Syslog messages by clicking the checkbox
next to one or more of the options: “Console,” “Root User,” or “Server.”
3. Add a syslog server to the Syslog Servers list, by entering its IP address in
the “New Syslog Server” field, and clicking the “Add>>” button.
4. Select a facility number for messages generated by serial or AUX ports by
selecting the number from the “CAS/AUX Ports Facility” pull-down
menu.
5. Select a facility number for messages generated by KVM ports by
selecting the number from the “KVM Ports Facility” pull-down menu.