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Chapter 18 Managing System Administration Configurations

Configuring Logs

Table 18-20 Global: General Page (continued)

Option

Descriptions

Configure Local Setting for Category

Log to Local Target	Check to enable logging to the local target.
	For administrative and operational audit logging category types, logging to
	local target is enabled by default and cannot be disabled.
Local Target is	Usable for accounting and for AAA audit (passed authentication) logging
Critical	category types only. Check the check box to make this local target the critical
	target.
	For administrative and operational audit logging category types, the check box
	is checked by default and cannot be unchecked; the local target is the critical
	target.
	If you make local target as the critical target and the logging operation fails,
	authentication request will be rejected and accounting response will not be sent
	to the device.

Configure Logged Attributes

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Display only. All attributes are logged to the local target.

If you have completed your configuration, proceed to Step 6.

Step 4 To configure a remote syslog target, click the Remote Syslog Target and proceed to Step 5. Step 5 Complete the Remote Syslog Target fields as described in Table 18-21:

Table 18-21 Global: Remote Syslog Target Page

Option

Description

Configure Syslog Targets

Available targets	List of available targets. You can select a target from this list and move it to the
	Selected Targets list.
Selected targets	List of selected targets. You can select a target from this list and move it to the
	Available Targets list to remove it from your configuration.

Step 6 Click Submit.

The Logging Categories page appears, with your configured logging category.

Administrative and operational audit messages include audit messages of the following types:

•Configuration changes

•Internal user change password

•Administrator access

•Operational audit

Some of the operational audit messages are not logged in the local log target. See Table 18-22for a list of administrative and operational logs that are not logged in the local target. See Viewing ADE-OS Logs, page 18-28for information on how you can view these logs from the ACS CLI.

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