Chapter 9. Logging
SMTP Server
Here, you set an SMTP server for the log messages that the Telecommuting Module gener- ates. This server will send the email messages to the email addresses set on the Log Classes page. If the connection between the Telecommuting Module and the SMTP server isn’t working, an error message will be shown on this page, and be logged according to the log class set on the Logging Configuration page. However, no error message will be shown here if the primary SMTP server can’t connect to other mail servers. Therefore you should test if email log messages to the addresses set under Log Classes really reach their destination addresses.
Every log message does not create a separate email; the Telecommuting Module collects log messages and sends them every 5 minutes. The first message is sent within a minute.
Email sent from the Telecommuting Module has the From address "3Com VCX IP Telecom- muting Module".
Enter the DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server.
Status for Outbound Email
A message is shown here if the Telecommuting Module can’t connect to the mail server selected under SMTP Server, or if other errors concerning email occur. .
Syslog Servers
Here, you enter one or more syslog servers for the syslog messages that the Telecommuting Module generates. This is the computer which receives and stores the syslog log messages.
Dynamic
If an interface will receive its IP address from a DHCP server, the Telecommuting Module can also get information about its syslog server from that server. In this case, select the corresponding IP address here and leave the other fields empty.
DNS Name Or IP Address
Enter the DNS name or IP address for the syslog server.
IP address
Shows the IP address of the DNS Name Or IP Address you entered in the previous field.
Delete Row
If you select this box, the row is deleted when you click on Create new rows, Save, or Look up all IP addresses again.
Create
Enter the number of new rows you want to add to the table, and then click on Create.
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