Log : Log > Settings
Log > Settings
This section provides configuration tasks to enable you to categorize and customize the logging functions on your Dell SonicWALL security appliance for troubleshooting and diagnostics.
 
The Log > Settings page displays logging data in a series of columns and allows you to configure the logging entries and to reset event counts. You can filter the entries to limit the data display to only those events of interest. You can import and save logging templates.
Topics:
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Table Columns
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Log Severity/Priority
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Top Row Buttons
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Viewing the Log
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Filtering Logs
Table Columns
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Category Column
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Color Column
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ID Column
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Priority Column
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GUI Column
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Alert Column
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Syslog Column
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Email Column
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Event Count Column
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Configure and Reset Event Count Icons
Category Column
The Category column of the Log Monitor table has three levels:
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Category, first and highest level of the tree structure
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Group, the second level
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Event, the third level
Clicking the small black triangle expands or collapses the category or group contents.
In the following graphic, System is at the first level—category. SNMP is at the second level—group. SNMP Packet Drop, and the items below it on the same level, are at the third level—event.
Color Column
The Color column shows the color with which the event, group, or category is highlighted in the Log Monitor table.
ID Column
The ID column shows the ID number of the event. The ID for a particular message is listed in the SonicOS Combined Log Events Reference Guide.
Priority Column
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CAUTION: Changing the Event Priority may have serious consequences as the Event Priority for all categories will be changed. Modifying the Event Priority will affect the Syslog output for the tag “pri=” as well as how the event will be treated when performing filtering by priority level. Setting the Event Priority to a level that is lower than the Logging Level will cause those events to be filtered out. Also, as GMS ignores received Syslogs that have a level of Debug, heartbeat messages and reporting messages must have a minimum Event Priority of Inform.
The Priority column shows the severity or priority of a category, group, or event. For events, a menu is provided that lists the selectable priorities. For categories and groups, the priorities are listed in the dialog when you click the Configure button at the end of the row.
The available priorities are:
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Emergency
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Alert
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Critical
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Error
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Warning
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Notice
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Inform
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Debug
GUI Column
The GUI column shows checkboxes that indicate whether this event is displayed in the Log Monitor. For events, you can show or hide the event by selecting or deselecting the checkbox in the column. For categories and groups, you must use the configure dialog.
Alert Column
The Alert column shows checkboxes that indicate whether an Alert message will be sent for this event, group, or category.
Syslog Column
The Syslog column shows checkboxes that indicate whether the event, group, or category will be sent to a Syslog server.
Email Column
The Email column shows checkboxes that indicate whether the log will be emailed to the configured address. For events, these checkboxes are configurable in the column. For categories and groups, Email is configured in the Edit Log Group or Edit Log Category dialogs that appear when you click the Configure button at the end of the row.
Event Count Column
The Event Count column shows the count of events by:
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Event level — the value shows the number of times that this event has occurred.
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Group level — the value shows the total events that occurred within the group.
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Category level — the value shows the total events that occurred within the category.
By hovering your mouse over an event count, a pop-up window displays showing the count of events dropped for these reasons:
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Overflow
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GUI Filter
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Alert Filter
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Syslog Filter
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E-mail Filter
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Priority
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Syslog Event Rate
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Syslog Data Rate
Configure and Reset Event Count Icons
The Configure and Reset Event Count icons appear at the end of each row.
Configure Icon
The Configure icon launches the Edit Log Event, Edit Log Group, or Edit Log Category dialog. You can configure all of the attributes for an event, group, or category.
Reset Event Count Icon
The Reset Event Count icon resets the event counter for an event, a group, or a category, and the event counters of higher levels are recalculated. To reset all counters, use the Reset Event Count button above the Log Settings table, as described in Reset Event Count Button .