User`s guide
Configure Port Logging
Chapter 4  System Status and Port Logging  58
• Logging direction: Specifies what should be logged.
Server: Server output only.
User: User output only.
Both Server and User with/without arrows: Server and user out-
put with/without directional arrows. 
Default is Server output. 
Security note: During logging, user output passwords are saved into 
the log file.
• Port log to SYSLOG server: Enable to store port logs to a 
SYSLOG server.
• Port logging filename: The name of the port log file; specify a 
filename or use the port title as the filename.
• Show last 10 lines of a log upon connect: Show previous last 10 
lines of log when connecting to this port.
• Strip the ^M from SYSLOG: For logging to a SYSLOG server, strip 
out all instances of the ^M character sequence.
• Automatic backup on mounting: Defines the action taken if a NFS 
partition of a CF card is mounted or re-mounted. 
Enable: Rename the existing log file by adding a -xx with xx being 
an incremented number. 
Disable: Keep writing to the existing log file. 
• Monitoring interval: The frequency to update the port log in 
seconds.
7. Click Save & apply.
When port logging is enabled, a Port Event Handling page is available 
to create alarm keywords and send alerts. See "Alerts and Notifications" 
on page 107 for more information.










