Configuring Syslog Message Disposition

The Syslog implementation on S- K- and 7100-Series devices uses a series of system logging messages to track device activity and status. These messages inform users about simple changes in operational status or warn of more severe issues that may affect system operations. Logging can be configured to display messages at a variety of different severity levels about application-related error conditions occurring on the device.

You can decide to have all messages stored locally, as well as to have all messages of a high severity forwarded to another device. You can also have messages from a particular facility sent to some or all of the users of the device, and displayed on the system console. For example, you may want all messages that are generated by the mail facility to be forwarded to one particular Syslog server. However you decide to configure the disposition of the event messages, the process of having them sent to a Syslog collector generally consists of:

• Determining which messages at which severity levels will be forwarded.
• Defining one or more remote receivers (Syslog servers/console displays).