Does anyone know how to config hp unix to receive cisco network syslog

[Chinese Feng]

Hi, Expert

We want to use OVO(HP-UX) to monitor cisco network device's syslog ,So we first need cisco send the syslog to hp-ux and we have configured cisco device to sent out syslog to openview server, Do we need to do some configuration on hp-ux to receive the cisco syslog .If do , could u tell me the step , thanks !@

[Horia Chirculescu · Accepted solution]

Hello,

The HP-UX syslogd should do that by default. You should make sure that your cisco is able to forward log messages to the HP-UX box. This mean that the UDP port 514 is opened through any firewall that stay between cisco and HP-UX.

Best regards from Romania,
Horia Chirculescu.

[Chinese Feng]

Thanks ,

The cisco's syslog will auto append to hp-ux's /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log if udp 514 is available ?

:)

[Horia Chirculescu]

No, you must instruct the Cisco's OS to actually forward the syslog messages to the logging server.

It depends on the type of Cisco (IOS version) that you have but you should look for something like:

logging

command.

Also, you would find usefull enabling timestamps in order to have a clue about the time when the logged even occured. You should check your router OS version for:

service timestamps ...

I believe Cisco send syslog messages to the logging server with a default facility of local7.

Best regards from Romania,
Horia.