Software Guide

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800 & 8000 Series - Software Management Guide 216
6.3.4.1 Configure a Remote Syslog host
Configure a syslog host (server) in order to forward syslog messages to it.
: You can configure only one syslog host.
Follow the following steps to configure a remote syslog host:
1. Click Add in the Syslog Host Table screen. The Syslog Host Table Add Row screen appears:
Figure 6-24 Syslog Host Table Add Row
2. IP Address: Based on the IP mode, enter IPv4 or IPv6 address of the Syslog host.
: IPv6 address should be the global IP address and not the link local IP address.
3. Host Port: Represents the port on which the Syslog host listens to the log messages sent by the device. The default
port is 514.
: The user must configure the correct port number on which the Syslog host is running. Choice of port number
must be in line with the standards for port number assignments defined by Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA).
4. Comments: Types comments, if any.
5. Click Add. The syslog host is added to the Syslog Host Table.