Enterasys Networks CSX5500, CSX6000, CSX7000 manual UDP Port, LOG Options Background Information

USER’S GUIDE

UDP PORT

The default port number is “514”, which should work for most installations. Consult your UNIX documentation if you are unsure of the UDP port number.

DECIMAL UNIX PRIORITY VALUE

The default priority value is “38”, which should work for most installations. (Refer to Syslog Server description, or consult your Server documentation if there are any problems). This value is prepended to all messages sent to the Syslog Server; it is used by the Syslog Server to determine how to handle the log message.

SYSLOG SERVER

You may select to send reports to a Syslog Server rather than the local log. In the Call Detail Recording Menu, System Message (DR) log Menu, and Authentication Message (DA) log Menu, add a Syslog Server to the list of active servers to indicate that CRD and/or System and Authentication Message reports should be sent to that server.

Note: You do not have to configure a Syslog Server name. The first Syslog Server configured will be automatically named Syslog1, the second Syslog2, and so on. Up to ten Syslog Servers can be configured. (For storing CDR reports, you can select up to three of these servers.)

LOG OPTIONS BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Log Options feature expands the system’s log file capability and provides a consistent interface to the device when working with logging or tracing the activity of a subsystem. Currently, the log options feature supports call detail recording (CDR), system message (DR) and authentication message (DA) subsystems.

The log reports that allow you to trace the activity of a subsystem can be directed to a specific location. The reports can be directed to a local log file, or to a UNIX-style Syslog Server.

An off-node server can aid in the management of a site with multiple systems, since all systems can send their log messages to a central log server. Note that in the case where multiple systems are logging their reports to a single Syslog Server, the system name is used to distinguish which system logged which report. This makes it crucial that each system be assigned a system name that is unique within its environment.

LOCAL LOG FILE OVERVIEW

The local log file is a circular file stored in RAM. It contains a fixed number of records. After the log is full, each new record overwrites the oldest record in the file.

Note: The CDR local log is intended for diagnostic use and is not suitable for production use as a CDR log.

SYSLOG SERVER OVERVIEW

When you specify an offnode Syslog Server as the destination for log reports, you have more direct control over:

•the allocation of disk space

•the integrity of disk space (redundant, tape backup, UPS, etc.)

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