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User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
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Chapter
6






Configuring

Virtual

Contexts
Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings
Step
3
In
the

Log

Host

table,

click
Add
to
add
a

new

log

host,

or

choose

an
existing
log

host,

and

click
Edit
to
modify
it.
The
New

Log

Host

configuration

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the

New

Log

Host

configuration

window

IP

Address

field,

enter

the

IP

address

of

the

host

to
use
as
the
syslog

server.
Step
5
In
the

Protocol

field,
choose
TCP

or

UDP

as

the

protocol
to
use.
Step
6
In
the

Protocol

Port

field,
enter
the

number

of

the

port
that
the

syslog

server

listens

to

for

syslog
messages.
Valid
entries

ar

e

fr

om

1

t

o

65535.

The

default

port

for

TCP

is

1470

and

for


UDP

it

is

514.
Step
7
Check
the

Default

UDP

check

box,

which
appears
if

TCP

is
selected
in
the

Protocol
field
(
Step
5
),

to
specify
that

the

ACE

is

to

default

to

UDP

if

the

TCP

transport

fails

to

communicate

with

the

syslog
server.
Uncheck
this

check

box

to

prevent

the

ACE

from

defaulting

to

UDP

if

the

TCP

transport

fails.
Step
8
In
the

Format

field,

choose

one
of
the

following:

•
N/A
i

f
you
do

no

t

want

to

use

EMBLEM-format

logging.

•
Emblem
to

enable

EMBLEM-format

l

ogging

for
each
sysl

og

server.
If
you

use

Cisco

Res

ource

Manager

Essentials

(RME)

software

to

collect

and

pr

ocess

syslog
messages
on

your

network,

enable

EMBLEM-format

logging

so

that

RME

can

handle

them.
Similarly,
UDP

needs

to

be

enabled

because

the

Cisco

Resource

Manager

Essentials

(RME)

syslog
analyzer
supports

only

UDP

syslog

messages.
Step
9
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Deploy
Now

t

o
immediately
deploy

t

his
configuration
on

t

he
ACE

and

save

your

entries

t

o

the
running-configuration
and

startup-configuration

files.

This

option

appears

for

virtual

contexts.

•
OK
to

save
your
entry.

This
option
appears

for

configuration

building

bl

ocks.

•
Cancel
to

exit

the

procedure
without
saving
your
entries

and

to

return

to

the

Log

Host

table.

•
Next
to

configure

another

syslog

host.
Related
Topics

•
Configuring
Virtual

Context
Syslog
Settings,

page
6-19

•
Configuring
Syslog

Log

Messages,

page
6-24

•
Configuring
Syslog

Log

Rate
Limits,
page
6-26
Configuring
Syslog

Log

Messages
You
can

configure

syslog

log

messages.

After

configuring

basic

syslog

characteristics

(see

the
“Configuring
Virtual

Context

Syslog

Settings”

section

on

page

6-19 ),

you

can

configure

the

log

host,

log
messages,
and

log

rate

limits.
Procedure
Step
1
Choose
the

item

to

configure: