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Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware
MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways 141
SettingUpSysLogServerFunctions
Multi‐TechincludedSysLogserverfunctionsintothesoftwareoftheMultiVOIPunits.SysLogisastandardfor
loggingeventsinnetworkcommunicationsystems.
TheSysLogServerresidesintheMultiVOIPunititself.ToimplementSysLogfeatures,useaSysLogclient
program,sometimesreferredtoasa“daemon”.SysLogclientprograms
canhelpyoustructureconsole
messagesforconvenienceandeaseofuse.
YoucangetSysLogclientprograms,bothpaidandfreeware.ReadtheEnd‐UserLicenseAgreementcarefullyand
observelicenserequirements.
Multi‐TechSystemsdoesnotendorseanyparticularSysLogclientprogram.SysLogclientprogramsbyqualified
providers
arelikelyadequateforusewithMultiVOIPunits.
BeforeusingaSysLogclientprogram,enabletheSysLogfunctionswithintheMultiVOIPintheLogsmenuunder
Configuration.
1. SettheIPAddresstotheaddressoftheMultiVOIP.
2. InthePortfield,thedefault514appears.514isthestandard(‘well‐known’)logicalport.
3. ConfiguringtheSysLogClientProgram,asdesired.InSysLogclientprograms,youcanusually:
● Definewherelogmessagesaresavedandarchived.
● OptforinteractionwithanSNMPsystem(likeMultiVoipManager).
● Setthecontentandformatoflogmessages.
● Determinediskspaceallocationlimitsforlogmessages.
● Establishahierarchyfortheseriousnessofmessages(normal,alert,critical,em ergency,andsoon).