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The SMS server generates and gathers syslog events, which log information about a variety of conditions and operational state changes from monitored devices. You can define a custom message format that will be sent to a syslog server. The maximum size of a syslog message is 9K.

Procedure

  1. Go to Admin → Server Properties, and then select the Syslog tab.
  2. Under Syslog Formats, click New to define a new syslog format, or select an existing format and click Copy to save as a new format. You can also edit an existing syslog format.
  3. Select a type from the Log Type drop-down list. Learn more.
  4. Enter a name in the Name field.
  5. Click Insert Field to insert a syslog field. Learn more.
  6. Edit the pattern for the syslog format as needed.
  7. Select a protocol to truncate or split messages:
    • RFC 3164 compliant - messages are truncated
    • RFC 5424 compliant - messages are split into multiple messages
  8. Click OK.
  9. Click Apply.