Users Guide

16 Contents
Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Email Alert Global Configuration
. . . . . . . . . 412
Email Alert Mail Server Configuration . . . . . . 412
Email Alert Subject Configuration
. . . . . . . . 414
Email Alert To Address Configuration
. . . . . . 415
Email Alert Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Monitoring System Information and Configuring
Logging (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Viewing System Information and Enabling
the Locator LED
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Running Cable Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Configuring Local Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Configuring Remote Logging . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Configuring Mail Server Settings . . . . . . . . . 421
Configuring Email Alerts for Log Messages . . . 422
Logging Configuration Examples
. . . . . . . . . . . 424
Configuring Local and Remote Logging
. . . . . 424
Configuring Email Alerting
. . . . . . . . . . . . 426
12 Managing General System Settings . . . 429
System Settings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Why Does System Information Need to Be
Configured?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
What Are SDM Templates?. . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Why is the System Time Needed?
. . . . . . . . 434
How Does SNTP Work?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
What Configuration Is Required for Plug-In
Modules? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Default General System Information
. . . . . . . . . 435
Configuring General System Settings (Web) . . . . . 436