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Configure the syslog settings
To configure the syslog settings:
1. Launch a web browser.
2.
In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login page displays.
3. Click the Main UI Login button.
The main UI login page displays in a new tab.
4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login
button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.
The System Information page displays.
5. Select Monitoring > Logs > Server Log.
The Server Log page displays.
6.
Select one of the following Admin Status radio buttons:
•
Enable: The switch sends log messages to all configured syslog servers.
•
Disable: The switch stops sending log messages all configured syslog servers.
7.
In the Local UDP Port field, specify the port number that the switch uses to send
log messages to the syslog servers.
The range is from 1 to 65535. The default port is 514.
8.
From the Source Interface menu, select the source interface or VLAN that must be
used for syslog communication:
•
None: The primary IP address of the originating (outbound) interface is used as
the source address.
•
Routing interface: The primary IP address of a physical port is used as the source
address.
•
Routing VLAN: The primary IP address of a VLAN routing interface is used as the
source address.
•
Routing loopback interface: The primary IP address of a routing loopback
interface is used as the source address.
•
Tunnel interface: The IPv6 tunnel interface.
• Service port: The management port source IP address is used as the source
address.
By default, VLAN 1 is used as the source interface.
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