Viewing logged events

Description of syslog fields
Facility codes
Severity codes

The access server features an extensive problem and event logging system (syslog), which is useful for general system maintenance and trouble-shooting.

Syslog configuration is described in the First Time Configuration Tour and Configuring Status Logging.

There are three possible destinations for logged events:

• Console (port A)
• Internal buffer (accessible by local or remote administrators)
• Remote host (running the syslog utility)

If you have selected to log events to the internal buffer or to the console, the logged messages will not show the correct time or date unless a syslog host is specified. Without a syslog host, the date and time will be reset to midnight, Jan 1.

Note: You can use a syslog host to obtain date and time information even if you are not logging to that host.

Viewing logged events

The logged events can be viewed by using either syslog display [no.] from the Command Line Interface or by using the web browser interface (from the IOCOMM Main menu, select Global configuration then Event logging).

An example of an event log display is shown below:

IOCOMM System log

User Notice Jan 01 00:00:07 iocomm System started
Dialer Info Jan 01 00:01:27 iocomm System initialisation complete
Auth Warning Jan 01 00:07:19 iocomm Multiple logon attempts failed on port A

Description of syslog fields

User	Notice		Jan 01 00:00:07		iocomm		System started
Facility	Severity level		Date and Time		Source		Description

The syslog file contains information regarding the event or problem. It includes the severity level and facility level, the data and time the log was recorded, the source (always iocomm for the internal buffer), and a plain text description of the reason for the log .

The following tables define and describe facility and severity codes.

Facility codes

	Message	Description
	Kern	Kernel message
	User	Random user-level messages
	Daemon	System daemons
	Auth	Security / authorization messages
	Syslog	Messages generated internally by syslog
	Print	Line printer subsystem
	Dialer	UUCP subsystem
	Private	Security / authorization messages (private)
	TFTP	TFTP transfers

Severity codes

	Message	Description
	Panic	System is unusable
	Alert	Action must be taken immediately
	Urgent	Critical conditions
	Error	Error conditions
	Warning	Warning conditions
	Notice	Normal but significant condition
	Info	Informational
	Debug	Debug-level messages