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Chapter66 Viewing Events
Overview of Event Viewer
Overview of Event Viewer
Use Event Viewer to view events and alerts collected from monitored firewall and IPS devices. For more
information about selecting devices for monitoring, see Selecting Devices to Monitor, page 66-31.
To open Event Viewer, do any of the following:
•Select Start > All Programs > Cisco Security Manager Client > Event Viewer from the Windows
Start menu (your exact command path might differ), or double-click the Event Viewer icon on the
desktop. You are prompted to log in. For more information about starting a Security Manager client
application, see Logging In to and Exiting the Security Manager Client, page 1-11.
•Select Launch > Event Viewer from the Configuration Manager or Report Manager applications,
or click the Event Viewer button on the Configuration Manager toolbar. Event Viewer is opened
using the same user account that you used to log into the other application.
The following illustration and subsequent list explain the basics of Event Viewer.
Figure 66-1 Event Viewer Main Window
Etherchannel 426001-426003 3
Cluster 302022- 302027 6
Table66-2 Deeply Parsed Syslogs (Continued)
Syslog Category Syslog ID
Total Number of
Syslogs