Chapter 3 Configuring and Managing the IP Camera

Status Windows

Table 3-23 Syslog & Log Window Options

Option

Description

 

 

Local Log

Minimum Log Severity

Choose the minimum severity of messages that the appear in the log file. The system logs all messages of this severity and higher. Message severities, from highest to lowest, are:

Emergency—The system is unusable.

Alert—A situation occurred that requires immediate action.

Critical—A situation occurred that requires action soon.

Error—An error occurred, but it does not necessarily affects the ability of the system to function.

Warning—A undesirable condition occurred.

Notice—Notification about a system condition that is not necessarily an error condition.

Informational—Information about a system activity.

Debug—Information about a system activity with detailed technical information. Includes messages of every other severity.

The default severity is Informational.

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.

 

 

Syslog Facility

Enter the system facility that receives logs on the Syslog server.

 

 

 

 

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