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Chapter 71 Configuring Logging
Configuring Logging
Editing Syslog ID Settings
To change syslog message settings, perform the following steps:
Note The Syslog ID(s) field is display-only. The values that appear in this area are determined by the entries
you chose in the Syslog ID table, located in the Syslog Setup pane.
Step 1 Check the Disable Message(s) check box to disable messages for the syslog message ID(s) displayed in
the Syslog ID(s) list.
Step 2 From the Logging Level drop-down list, choose the severity level of messages to be sent for the syslog
message ID(s) displayed in the Syslog ID(s) list. Severity levels are defined as follows:
• Emergency (level 0, system is unusable)
• Alert (level 1, immediate action is needed)
• Critical (level 2, critical conditions)
• Error (level 3, error conditions)
• Warning (level 4, warning conditions)
• Notification (level 5, normal but significant conditions)
• Informational (level 6, informational messages only)
• Debugging (level 7, debugging messages only)
Note Using a severity level of zero is not recommended.
Step 3 Click OK to close this dialog box.
Including a Device ID in Non-EMBLEM Formatted Syslog Messages
To include a device ID in non-EMBLEM formatted syslog messages, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Check the Enable syslog device ID check box to specify that a device ID should be included in all
non-EMBLEM formatted syslog messages.
Step 2 To specify which to use as the device ID, choose one of the following options:
• Hostname of the adaptive security appliance
• Interface IP address
Choose the interface name that corresponds to the specified IP address from the drop-down list.
• String
In the User-Defined ID field, specify an alphanumeric, user-defined string.
• Context
Step 3 Click OK to close this dialog box.