System Log Server - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

System Log Server

The Switch can send Syslog messages to up to four designated servers using the System Log Host window. In the Configuration
folder, click System Log Server, to view the screen shown below.
The parameters configured for adding and editing System Log Server settings are the same. To add a new Syslog Server, click
the Add button. To modify a current entry, click the hyperlinked number of the server in the Index field. Both actions will result
in the same screen to configure. See the table below for a description of the parameters in the following window.
The following parameters can be set:
Parameter
Index
Server IP
Severity
Facility
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Figure 6- 49. System Log Host window
Figure 6- 50. Configure System Log Server - Edit
Description
Syslog server settings index (1-4).
The IP address of the Syslog server.
This drop-down menu allows you to select the level of messages that will be sent. The options
are Warning, Informational, and All.
Some of the operating system daemons and processes have been assigned Facility values.
Processes and daemons that have not been explicitly assigned a Facility may use any of the
"local use" facilities or they may use the "user-level" Facility. Those Facilities that have been
designated are shown in the following. Bold font denotes the facility values that the Switch
currently implements.
Numerical Facility
Code
0 kernel messages
1 user-level messages
2 mail system
3 system daemons
4 security/authorization messages
5 messages generated internally by syslog line printer subsystem
7 network news subsystem
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