Cisco Systems CIVS-IPC-2500 manual Syslog & Log Window, Sys Log Server

Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

Status Windows

Syslog & Log Window

The Syslog & Log window lets you manage the IP camera log file, which captures and stores information about the IP camera and its activities.

The IP camera captures the information that you specify and stores the log file in its internal SDRAM. If the SDRAM becomes full, the IP camera begins to overwrite existing information. To prevent this situation, configure the IP camera to send log information to a Syslog server and periodically clear log information from SDRAM manually by using the Clear Log option in the Syslog & Log window.

Note The camera also maintains a video log file. For more information, see the “Video Log Window” section on page 3-37.

To display the Syslog & Log window, access the configuration windows as described in the “Performing the Initial Setup of the IP Camera” section on page 2-4, click Status, then click Syslog & Log.

Table 3-23describes the options in the Syslog & Log window.

Note These features are not currently supported if you use the IP camera with Cisco VSM.

Table 3-23 Syslog & Log Window Options

Option

Log

Description

Log Type

Check the check box for each log information that you want the IP camera to capture. The IP camera writes this information to the log file and displays it in the log list. Log types are as follows:

•System Log—Contains information about IP camera activities, including changes to the IP camera configuration

•FTP Log—Contains information about activities that occur when a video file is sent to an FTP server as a result of an alert from the IP camera

•SMTP Log—Contains information about activities that occur when the IP camera generates an e-mail alert

For a detailed description of the information in the logs, see Table 3-24.

Sys Log Server

Enable Syslog Server	Check this check box to send the log information that you chose in the Log
	area to a designated server. The selected information also is maintained on
	the IP camera until you clear it or it is overwritten.
	This option is useful for consolidating logs in deployments with several IP
	cameras and for retaining logs when you clear them from the IP camera.
Syslog Server Address	Enter the IP address of the Syslog server.
Syslog Port	Enter the port number that receives the logs on the Syslog server.
	Valid values are 514 and 1024 through 65535. The default Syslog port is 514.

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