UNIX provides a syslog server as part of its operating system. For Windows NT systems, use the PIX Firewall Manager software, which also contains a syslog server. For Windows 95 or Windows 98, you need to obtain a syslog server from another vendor. The Configuration Guide for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Version 5.1 describes the procedure for configuring syslogd . Not all system log messages represent error conditions.
Some messages simply report normal events.
Table 1-1 lists the PIX Firewall logging commands you can use to configure and manage logging. See the Configuration Guide for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall Version 5.1 for detailed descriptions and additional logging commands. Access to the logging command requires that you access configuration mode on the PIX Firewall with the configure terminal command. Many of the logging commands require that you specify a severity level threshold to indicate which syslog messages can be sent to the output locations. The lower the level number, the more severe the error.