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Chapter 45 Monitoring Logging
Real-Time Log Viewer
Real-Time Log Viewer
The Real-Time Log Viewer lets you view real-time syslog messages in a separate window. To access this
pane, choose Monitoring > Logging > Real-Time Log Viewer.
To view syslog messages in real-time, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Choose the level of logging messages to view, ranging from Emergency to Debugging, from the
drop-down list.
Step 2 Enter the buffer limit, which is the maximum number of syslog messages to view. The default is 1000.
Step 3 Click View to open a separate window in which syslog messages appear. To continue, see Real-Time
Log Viewer, page 45-3.
Modes
The following table shows the modes in which this feature is available:

Real-Time Log Viewer

The Real-Time Log Viewer pane lets you view incoming messages in real-time and filter them based on
text that you specify. To access this pane, choose Monitoring > Logging > Real-Time Log Viewer >
View.
To use the real-time log viewer, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Right-click a message in the viewer to display a menu from which you can select from the Pause, Copy
Selected Log Entry, Save Log, Clear Display, Color Settings, Create Access Rule, Show Access Rule,
and Show Details options. A list of color-coded icons that are associated with each severity level appears
at the bottom of this pane. For more information about severity levels, see Chapter 17, “Configuring
Logging.”
Step 2 Choose from the following actions:
Click Pause to stop the scrolling of the display.
Click Copy Selected Log Entry to copy a selected message.
Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System
Firewall Mode Security Context
Routed Transparent Single
Multiple
Context System