Use the mksyslogserver command to create
a syslog server to receive notifications.
Syntax
mksyslogserver [ -name server_name ] -ip ip_address [ -facility facility ] [ -error { on | off } ] [ -warning { on | off } ] [ -info { on | off } ] [ -cadf { on | off } ]
Parameters
- -nameserver_name
- (Optional) Specifies a unique name to assign to the syslog server.
If a name is not specified, then a system default of syslogn is
applied, where n is the ID of the server. When specifying a server name, syslog is
a reserved word.
- -ipip_address
- (Required) Specifies the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the
syslog server. This must be a valid Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)
or Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address.
- -facilityfacility
- (Optional) Specifies the facility number used
in syslog messages. This number identifies the origin of the message
to the receiving server. Servers configured with facility values of
0 - 3 receive syslog messages in concise format. Servers configured
with facility values of 4 - 7 receive syslog messages in fully-expanded
format. The default value is 0.
- -erroron|off
- (Optional) Specifies whether the server receives error notifications.
Set to on, error notifications are sent to the syslog
server. Set to off, error notifications are not sent
to the syslog server. The default value is on.
- -warningon|off
- (Optional) Specifies whether the server receives warning notifications.
Set to on, warning notifications are sent to the
syslog server. Set to off, warning notifications
are not sent to the syslog server. The default value is on.
- -infoon|off
- (Optional) Specifies whether the server receives information notifications.
Set to on, information notifications are sent to
the syslog server. Set to off, information notifications
are not sent to the syslog server. The default value is on.
- -cadfon|off
- (Optional) Specifies that Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) data reporting be turned
on or off. Any syslog notifications sent to the server are
formatted to the CADF standard. This parameter is mutually-exclusive with
-facility.
Description
This
command creates a syslog server to receive notifications. The syslog
protocol is a client-server standard for forwarding log messages from
a sender to a receiver on an IP network. Syslog can be used to integrate
log messages from different types of systems into a central repository.
Lenovo Storage V series system supports
a maximum of six syslog servers.
For syslog servers, SNMP servers, and email users with type set to
local, the valid combinations of notification types are:
- error, warning, and
info
- error and warning
An invocation example
mksyslogserver -ip 1.2.3.4
The
resulting output:
Syslog Server id [2] successfully created
An invocation example
mksyslogserver -ip 9.193.231.37 -error on -warning on -info off -cadf on
The resulting output:
Syslog Server id [2] successfully created