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How to listen to Syslog messages

Applies to 8.x 7.x

Tools->Options->Monitoring->Syslog

Incoming Syslog messages

You can indicate for the program to listen for incoming Syslog messages on any specified port.

Incoming Syslog messages can be redirected to any other node - the host name or IP address of the node and the port it will be listening on must be indicated in such case.

Syslog event information

NetCrunch combines Syslog events by their source and content.

Information about the number of combined Syslog events is generated every 15 seconds and displayed in the Event.Count field, located in the Event Preview window.

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