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Collecting Audit Log Data
HDLM and other Hitachi storage-related products provide an audit log
function so that compliance with regulations, security evaluation standards,
and industry-specific standards can be shown to auditors and evaluators. The
following table describes the categories of audit log data that Hitachi storage-
related products can collect.
Table 2-9 Categories of Audit Log Data that Can Be Collected
Category Explanation
StartStop An event indicating the startup or termination of
hardware or software, including:
•
OS startup and termination
• Startup and termination of hardware components
(including micro-program)
• Startup and termination of software running on
storage systems, software running on SVPs (service
processors), and Hitachi Command Suite products
Failure An abnormal hardware or software event, including:
•
Hardware errors
• Software errors (such as memory errors)
LinkStatus An event indicating the linkage status between devices:
•
Link up or link down
ExternalService An event indicating the result of communication between
a Hitachi storage-related product and an external service,
including:
•
Communication with a RADIUS server, LDAP server,
NTP server, or DNS server
• Communication with the management server (SNMP)
Authentication An event indicating that a connection or authentication
attempt made by a device, administrator, or end-user has
succeeded or failed, including:
•
FC login
• Device authentication (FC-SP authentication, iSCSI
login authentication, or SSL server/client
authentication)
• Administrator or end-user authentication
AccessControl An event indicating that a resource access attempt made
by a device, administrator, or end-user has succeeded or
failed, including:
•
Device access control
• Administrator or end-user access control
ContentAccess An event indicating that an attempt to access critical data
has succeeded or failed, including:
•
Access to a critical file on a NAS or content access
when HTTP is supported
• Access to the audit log file
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