Syslog settings.
Path: Logs > Syslog > settings
Setting | Definition |
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Message | Enables (by default) or disables the Syslog feature. |
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Facility Code | Selects the facility code assigned to the Rack PDU’s Syslog messages (User, by default). |
| Note:User best defines the Syslog messages sent by the Rack PDU. Do not change this selec- |
| tion unless advised to do so by the Syslog network or system administrator. |
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Severity | Maps each severity level of Rack PDU or Environment events to available Syslog priorities. |
Mapping | You should not need to change the mappings. |
| The following definitions are from RFC3164: |
| • Emergency: The system is unusable |
| • Alert: Action must be taken immediately |
| • Critical: Critical conditions |
| • Error: Error conditions |
| • Warning: Warning conditions |
| • Notice: Normal but significant conditions |
| • Informational: Informational messages |
| • Debug: |
| Following are the default settings for the Local Priority settings: |
| • Severe is mapped to Critical |
| • Warning is mapped to Warning |
| • Informational is mapped to Info |
| Note:To disable Syslog messages, see “Configuring event actions” on page 69. |
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Syslog test and format example.
Path: Logs > Syslog > test
Send a test message to the Syslog servers configured through the servers option.
1.Select a severity to assign to the test message.
2.Define the test message, according to the required message fields
–The priority (PRI): the Syslog priority assigned to the message’s event, and the facility code of messages sent by the Rack PDU.
–The Header: a time stamp and the IP address of the Rack PDU.
–The message (MSG) part:
•The TAG field, followed by a colon and space, identifies the event type.
•The CONTENT field is the event text, followed (optionally) by a space and the event code.
For example, APC: Test Syslog is valid.
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