HP Manager Software manual Setting Up a Syslog Server, To set up a syslog server

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6Do one of the following:

„Go to “Setting Up a Syslog Server”.

„Select another item in the WX Switch wizard, if you are using this wizard.

„Click Finish to close the wizard and save changes.

Setting Up a Syslog Server

You can specify a syslog server. Syslog facilities are identifiers that allow a syslog server to handle different syslog messages from different sources. You can use a facility in the range of Local 0 through Local 7.

To set up a syslog server

1Do one of the following:

„Open the WX Switch wizard, then select Syslog Server under Management Services in the organizer list of the System and Administrative page.

„In the Organizer panel, select Management Services under a WX switch, then select Config > Edit. Click on Syslog Server at the top of the wizard.

2Click New Syslog Server. The Create Syslog Server dialog box appears.

3In IP Address, type the IP address of the syslog server.

4In the Severity Filter list, select the lowest level of severity of the event or condition to be logged (see the list in step 2 of “Setting Up System Logging” on page 215). The default severity level is Error.

5To map all the facilities to a standard local facility, select Facility Mapping.

Some syslog servers require the facility to be set to a standard local facility name.

6In the Map to Local Facility List, select the local facility (Local 0 to Local 7) that all the facilities are mapped to. The default value is Local 0.

7To close the Create Syslog Server dialog box, click Finish. The syslog server is added to the list of servers on the Syslog Server Setup page.

8To add more syslog servers, repeat step 2 through step 7. You can add a maximum of four syslog servers.