Polycom SOUNDPOINT SIP 2.2.0 - Manual (Page 40)

Administrator’s Guide SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP
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The syslog protocol is a very simplistic protocol: the syslog sender sends a
small textual message (less than 1024 bytes) to the syslog receiver. The receiver
is commonly called "syslogd", "syslog daemon" or "syslog server". Syslog
messages can be sent through UDP, TCP, or TLS. The data is sent in cleartext.
Syslog is supported by a wide variety of devices and receivers. Because of this,
syslog can be used to integrate log data from many different types of systems
into a central repository.
The syslog protocol is defined in RFC 3164. For more information on syslog,
go to http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3164.txt?number=3164 .
The following syslog configuration parameters can be modified on the Syslog
menu:
Setting Up the Boot Server
The boot server can be on the local LAN or anywhere on the Internet.
Multiple boot servers can be configured by having the boot server DNS name
map to multiple IP addresses. The default number of boot servers is one and
the maximum number is eight. The following protocols are supported for
redundant boot servers: HTTPS, HTTP, and FTP. For more information on the
protocol used on each platform, refer to Supported Provisioning Protocols on
page 3-4 .
Name Possible Values Description
Server Address dotted-decimal IP address
OR
domain name string The syslog server IP address or host name.
The default value is NULL.
Server Type None=0,
UDP=1,
TCP=2,
TLS=3 The protocol that the phone will use to write to the syslog
server.
If set to “None”, transmission is turned off, but the server
address is preserved.
Facility 0 to 23 A description of what generated the log message. For
more information, refer to section 4.1.1 of RFC 3164.
The default value is 16, which maps to “local 0”.
Render Level 1 to 6 Specifies the lowest class of event that will be rendered to
syslog. It is based on log.render.level and can be a
lower value.
Refer to Basic Logging <level/><change/> and <render/>
on page A-71 .
Note: Use left and right arrow keys to change values.
Prepend MAC
Address Enabled, Disabled If enabled, the phone’s MAC address is prepended to the
log message sent to the syslog server.