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 Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware

MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways 141

SettingUpSysLogServerFunctions

Multi‐TechincludedSysLogserverfunctionsintothesoftwareoftheMultiVOIPunits.SysLogisastandardfor

loggingeventsinnetworkcommunicationsystems.

TheSysLogServerresidesintheMultiVOIPunititself.ToimplementSysLogfeatures,useaSysLogclient

program,sometimesreferredtoasa“daemon”.SysLogclientprograms

canhelpyoustructureconsole

messagesforconvenienceandeaseofuse.

YoucangetSysLogclientprograms,bothpaidandfreeware.ReadtheEnd‐UserLicenseAgreementcarefullyand

observelicenserequirements.

Multi‐TechSystemsdoesnotendorseanyparticularSysLogclientprogram.SysLogclientprogramsbyqualified

providers

arelikelyadequateforusewithMultiVOIPunits.

BeforeusingaSysLogclientprogram,enabletheSysLogfunctionswithintheMultiVOIPintheLogsmenuunder

Configuration.

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1. SettheIPAddresstotheaddressoftheMultiVOIP.

2. InthePortfield,thedefault514appears.514isthestandard(‘well‐known’)logicalport.

3. ConfiguringtheSysLogClientProgram,asdesired.InSysLogclientprograms,youcanusually:

● Definewherelogmessagesaresavedandarchived.

● OptforinteractionwithanSNMPsystem(likeMultiVoipManager).

● Setthecontentandformatoflogmessages.

● Determinediskspaceallocationlimitsforlogmessages.

● Establishahierarchyfortheseriousnessofmessages(normal,alert,critical,em ergency,andsoon).

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