You can use the SAN Volume Controller Console to
specify a syslog server to receive event notifications from the cluster.
This task assumes that you have already launched the SAN Volume Controller Console.
The syslog protocol is a client-server standard for forwarding
log messages from a sender to a receiver on an IP network. The IP
network can be either IPv4 or IPv6. The User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
is used to transmit the syslog message. The syslog protocol can be
used across multiple platforms, which enables you to integrate log
data from different types of storage systems into a central repository.
Complete
the following steps to add a syslog server to receive messages from
the cluster:
- Click in the portfolio. The Viewing Syslog Notification
Settings panel displays.
- Select Add a Server from the task
list and click Go. The Add a New Syslog Server
panel displays.
- On the Adding a New Syslog Server panel, provide the following
information for the new syslog server:
- Server Name
- Enter a new name for the syslog server. A valid name is 1 to 15
ASCII characters. The following characters can be used: a - z, A -
Z, 0 - 9, -, _. The name cannot begin with a number or the hyphen
(-) character. Names starting with syslog are reserved for SAN Volume Controller default names.
- IP Address
- Select the appropriate address format and specify a valid IP address
for the syslog server.
- SVC Facility
- Select the SAN Volume Controller facility
for the syslog server. This value is translated to the corresponding
syslog code and value. The SAN Volume Controller facility
of 0 - 3 results in the syslog server receiving messages in concise
format, which provides standard detail on the event. A SAN Volume Controller facility
of 4 - 7 results in the syslog server receiving message in fully
expanded format, where more details are provided regarding the event.
- Send Error Notifications
- Select this option to send events with the notification type of error to
the syslog server.
- Send Warning Notifications
- Select this option to send events with the notification type of warning to
the syslog server.
- Send Informational Notifications
- Select this option to send events with the notification type of informational to
the syslog server.
- Click OK to add the syslog server.