Technicolor - Thomson SpeedTouchTM620 SpeedTouch Syslog Daemon, What is Syslog, Syslog daemon

Chapter 10

SpeedTouch™ Monitoring

10.3.1 The SpeedTouch™ Syslog Daemon

What is Syslog	Syslog is a message generating tool that can be implemented in any network
	device. The intention of the tool is to send messages over the network indicating
	status, actions, possible problems, etc. from the device.
	Although the syslog protocol is widely spread and evolved to a de-facto standard,
	only recently some first Internet drafts and informational Request For Comments
	(RFC) became available to describe the existing protocol and some proposal for
	enhancements.
The SpeedTouch™
	For the SpeedTouch™, the syslog daemon conforms to the proposed standards as
Syslog daemon	much as possible.
	Syslog messages consist of a message header called Priority and a message body
	containing the message itself.
	Via the Priority identification it is possible to determine the severity and facility of a
	message, hence it allows to diversify the messages according to their importance.
	Each severity and each facility can be identified by a numerical value. The sum of
	the numerical values of the severity and the facility indicates (the numerical value
	of) the priority.
	In the following all severities and facilities are listed with respective notation and
	numerical values.

Syslog priority severities Following priority severities are possible for a syslog message generated by the SpeedTouch™. The severities are listed by descending priority:

Severity	Notation	Code
Emergency conditions, system unusable	emerg	0
Alert conditions, immediate action is needed	alert	1
Critical conditions	crit	2
Error conditions	err	3
Warning conditions	warning	4
Normal but significant conditions	notice	5
Informational messages	info	6
Debug-level messages	debug	7

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