Brocade Communications Systems 804 Manual De Usuario

Syslog support

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Syslog support

Syslog forwarding is the process by which you can configure the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) 
agent to send Syslog messages to other computers through port 514. You can configure the HCM 
agent to forward events to a maximum of three Syslog destinations. These events will display in the 
operating system logs.

The HCM stores all the received events from the driver in the agtEvent.log file. By default, the 
location is /opt/hcmagent/log/hbaEvents.log in Linux and Solaris systems. 

NOTE

VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.0 blocks the Syslog outgoing port 514 by default. Therefore, you must 
configure the firewall if you use VMware ESX 3.5 or 4.0 and plan to use Syslog Host Configuration 
feature in DCFM or if you access HCM through DCFM. See 

on page 52 for more information.

Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box 

1. Select the host, an adapter, or a port from the device tree.

2. Select Configure > Syslog from the main menu.

The Syslog Server Configuration dialog box, shown in 

, displays.

FIGURE 20

Syslog Server Configuration dialog box

Registering a host server

You can register up to three Syslog destinations on managed Fabric OS devices. 

1. Select Configure > Syslog from the main menu.

The Syslog Server Configuration dialog box displays.

2. Enter the host name or IP address of the destination device into the Host Name/IP Address 

field.

3. Click Add to register the host as a Syslog destination.

4. Click OK to close the dialog box.