ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide

Menu 24.3 - System Maintenance - Log and Trace

2. UNIX Syslog

4. Call-Triggering Packet

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel

Figure 32-6 Menu 24.3: System Maintenance: Log and Trace

32.4.1 UNIX Syslog

The ZyWALL uses the UNIX syslog facility to log the CDR (Call Detail Record) and system messages to a syslog server. Syslog and accounting can be configured in Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Unix Syslog, as shown next.

Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Syslog Logging

Syslog:

Active= No

Syslog Server IP Address= 0.0.0.0

Log Facility= Local 1

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Figure 32-7 Menu 24.3.2: System Maintenance: UNIX Syslog

You need to configure the UNIX syslog parameters described in the following table to activate syslog then choose what you want to log.

Table 32-3 System Maintenance Menu Syslog Parameters

PARAMETER

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Syslog:

Syslog logging sends a log to an external syslog server used to store logs.

 

 

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to turn syslog logging on or off.

 

 

Syslog Server IP

Enter the server name or IP address of the syslog server that will log the selected

Address

categories of logs.

 

 

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