Schneider Electric AP9635 manual Syslog servers

Syslog servers

Administrators can configure up to four Syslog servers to recieve notifications of events.

Managing the Syslog servers (Logs > Syslog > servers):

To add a new Syslog server, click Add Server.

To modify an existing Syslog server, click the server’s name.

Parameter	Description
Syslog Server	The server's IP address or host name.
Port	The port number to which Syslog messages will be sent. The default and well known
	port is 514.
Protocol	Choose a protocol.
Language	Choose a language.

Configuring the Syslog settings (Logs > Syslog > settings):

Parameter	Description
Message Generation	Enable the generation (and therefore the logging) of Syslog messages for events that
	have Syslog configured as a notification method. To configure notification methods for
	events, select the Administration tab, the Network menu on the top menu bar, and one
	of the Event Actions options on the left navigation menu.
Facility Code	Messages of this device will be categorized by the facility selected. Categorization
	allows Syslog messages from different devices to be placed in separate logs.
Severity Mapping	Maps each severity level of an American Power Conversion device event or system
	event to an available Syslog priority in the drop-down list. The local severity options
	are Critical, Warning, and Informational.

Testing the Syslog settings (Logs > Syslog > test):

Parameter	Description
Last Test Result	The result of the last test performed.
Server	The message will be sent to all configured servers.
Severity	Select a severity level (Syslog priority) for the test message.
Test Message	Format the message to consist of the event type (APC, System, or Device, for example)
	followed by a colon, a space, and the event text. The message can have a maximum of
	50 characters.

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