Log settings – Fortinet FortiLog-400 User Manual
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Config
Managing the FortiLog unit
Log settings
To configure the FortiLog unit to log locally or to send FortiLog log messages to a
remote syslog server, go to System > Config > Log Settings. You can configure the
log level and you can use config policy to record event log messages. See
for information about the types of logs and how to configure them.
Figure 15: Log settings
Level 1
Mirroring disk volume. Protects data by automatically backing up the
contents of one disk onto the second disk of a mirrored pair. Mirroring
protects data if one disks fails. Disk capacity is equal to a single hard disk
because the second hard disk is used to automatically back up the first.
Use Level 1 to protect important personal or corporate data.
Level 5
RAID 5 disk group. Three or more hard disks can be teamed up to form a
large-capacity RAID 5 disk group. RAID 5 distributes and stores data
among member disks as it is received. At the same time RAID uses an
amount of space roughly equivalent to a whole disk to store reference
numbers with the same elements. If one of the disks in the group is
damaged, you can shut down the computer and install a new disk, and
the FortiLog unit can restore the data on the new disk using the reference
information.
If you have a system with four disks but use only three in your RAID 5
group, the fourth serves as a backup disk. If one of the three disks is
damaged the FortiLog unit automatically reverts to the fourth disk without
powering down.
The approximate capacity of a RAID 5 disk group is one hard disk worth
of space less than the total rated capacity of the group.
Log Locally
Select this option to save the log messages on its own hard disks.
Level
Select the severity for which you want to record log messages locally. The
FortiLog unit logs all levels of severity down to, but not lower than, the
level you select. For example, if you want to record emergency, critical,
and error messages, select Error.
lists the log
message levels.
Config Policy
Select Config policy for which activities you want the FortiLog unit to
record log messages.
Log to Host
Select Log to Host to configure the FortiLog unit to send log messages to
a remote syslog server.
IP
The IP address of the remote syslog server.
Port
The port that the remote syslog server uses to receive log messages. The
default port is 514.