User guide

Enabling the Syslog server
The Syslog server must be enabled in the DSView software to use the data logging feature.
You may change the TCP port where the DSView software will listen for Syslog messages
forwarded by the SSH server.
To enable or disable Syslog server port:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click DSView Server in the top navigation bar.
3. In the side navigation bar, click Data Logging, then Server Settings. The Syslog Properties
window will open.
4. Click the Enable Syslog Server checkbox. The preset TCP port is 4514. If you wish to
change the port, enter a port value in the range 1-65535 in the Port field.
If DSView clients are located on an external connection, the specified SSH server port
must be opened on your firewall.
5. Click Save. You are prompted to confirm the change. Confirm or cancel the change.
6. If you have not already done so, click the SSH server page link and enable the SSH server.
See Enabling the SSH server on page 211 for more information.
Enabling or disabling the Syslog server will generate a DSView software system event.
Enabling and disabling data logging on units
Data logging is enabled and disabled per connection. Depending on the appliance type, you
may enable or disable data logging on target device connections, appliance connections or
both.
You must have the Configure Unit Settings access right to enable/disable data logging.
To enable or disable data logging on a unit:
NOTE: The exact name and content of configuration pages are specific to the appliance type; see the appropriate
documentation.
1. In a Units View window containing the appliance or target device (see Accessing Units
View windows on page 118), click on the unit name.
2. Click Appliance Settings, click Data Logging and then Configure in the side navigation
bar. The Data Logging Configuration window for that unit will open. The display lists all
connections. The Status field may contain the following values:
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