Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Adding a syslog filter
You can add a syslog filter on SAN products, IP products, or Hosts.
1. Select Monitor > Syslog Configuration > Syslog Forwarding.
The Syslog Forwarding dialog box displays.
2. Click the Enable syslog forwarding check box.
3. Click Add in the Filters list.
The Add Syslog Filter dialog box, shown in Figure 383, displays.
FIGURE 383 Add Syslog Filter dialog box
4. Select the SAN, IP, or Host tab. Depending on the tab selected, the products available to which
you can add a syslog filter display in the Available Products list.
5. Enter a unique name for the syslog filter in the Filter Name field.
6. Enter a general description of the syslog filter in the Description field. This field is case
insensitive.
7. (Optional) For additional filtering, enter a text string using from 1 to 512 metacharacters or wild
card symbols in the Regular Expression field. The regular expression is used to describe a
pattern in text. You can use an asterisk (*) to indicate a wildcard, as in the following examples:
• *cdef: Matches a message ending with cdef
• abc*: Matches a message beginning with abc
• *abc*: Matches a message that contains abc
8. Click the Forward Snort® Messages check box to turn on Snort message forwarding. See
“Snort message forwarding” on page 880 for more information.
9. Select the product from the Available Products list and click the right arrow button to move it to
the Selected Products list.
10. Click OK.