The Remote Syslog entries are User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets sent to the Remote Syslog server’s syslog port. If network failures occur, iDRAC6 does not send the same log again. The remote logging happens real-time as and when the logs are recorded in iDRAC6s RAC log and SEL log.

Remote Syslog can be enabled through the remote Web interface:

1Open a supported Web browser window.

2Log in to iDRAC6 Web interface.

3In the system tree, select SystemSetup tab→ Remote Syslog Settings. The Remote Syslog Settings screen is displayed.

Table 4-28 lists the Remote Syslog settings.

Table 4-28. Remote Syslog Settings

AttributeDescription

Remote Syslog Select this option to enable the transmission and remote capture

Enabled of the syslog on the specified server. Once syslog is enabled, new log entries are sent to the Syslog server(s).

Syslog Server 1–3Enter the Remote Syslog server address to log iDRAC6 messages like SEL Log and RAC Log. Syslog server addresses allow alphanumeric, -, ., :, and _ symbols.

Port Number Enter the port number of the Remote Syslog server. The port number should be between 1 to 65535. Default is 514.

NOTE: The severity levels defined by the Remote Syslog protocol differ from the standard IPMI System Event Log (SEL) severity levels. Hence all iDRAC6 Remote Syslog entries are reported in the syslog server with severity level as Notice.

The following example shows the configuration objects and the RACADM command usage to change remote syslog settings:

racadm config –g cfgRemoteHosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogEnable [1/0] ; default is 0

racadm config –g cfgRemoteHosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogServer1 <servername1> ; default is blank

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