Brocade switches
Brocade switches can be configured to send Syslog messages to a remote destination, UDP port 514. NXLog Agent can be configured to collect Brocade logs.
2017/03/22-23:05:12, [SEC-1203], 113962, FID 128, INFO, fcsw1, Login information: Login successful via TELNET/SSH/RSH. IP Addr: admin2
The best way to configure a Brocade switch is with the command line interface. In the case of multiple switches running in redundancy mode, each device must be configured separately.
More details on configuring Brocade switches can be found in the Brocade Document Library: search for a particular switch model and select Installation & Configuration Guides from the Filter list.
The steps below have been tested with Brocade 4100 series switches and OS v6. Newer software versions may have additional capabilities, such as sending logs over TLS. |
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Configure NXLog Agent for receiving Syslog entries via UDP (see the example below), then restart NXLog Agent.
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Make sure NXLog Agent is accessible from the switch.
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Log in to the switch via SSH.
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Run the following commands. Replace
LEVEL
with an integer corresponding to the desired Syslog local facility (see the example). ReplaceIP_ADDRESS
with the address of NXLog Agent.# syslogdfacility -l LEVEL # syslogdIpAdd IP_ADDRESS
Example 1. Sending logs with local5 facilityThe following commands query the current Syslog facility and then set up Syslog logging to 192.168.6.143 with Syslog facility
local5
.fcsw1:admin> syslogdfacility Syslog facility: LOG_LOCAL7 fcsw1:admin> syslogdfacility -l 5 Syslog facility changed to LOG_LOCAL5 fcsw1:admin> syslogdIpAdd 192.168.6.143 Syslog IP address 192.168.6.143 added
This example shows Brocade switch logs as received and processed by NXLog Agent.
<Extension _syslog>
Module xm_syslog
</Extension>
<Extension _json>
Module xm_json
</Extension>
<Input in_syslog_udp>
Module im_udp
Host 0.0.0.0
Port 514
Exec parse_syslog();
</Input>
<Output file>
Module om_file
File "/var/log/brocade.log"
Exec to_json();
</Output>
{
"MessageSourceAddress": "192.168.5.15",
"EventReceivedTime": "2017-03-22 20:23:58",
"SourceModuleName": "in_syslog_udp",
"SourceModuleType": "im_udp",
"SyslogFacilityValue": 21,
"SyslogFacility": "LOCAL5",
"SyslogSeverityValue": 6,
"SyslogSeverity": "INFO",
"SeverityValue": 2,
"Severity": "INFO",
"EventTime": "2017-03-22 20:23:58",
"Hostname": "192.168.5.15",
"SourceName": "raslogd",
"Message": "2017/03/22-23:05:12, [SEC-1203], 113962, WWN 10:00:00:05:1e:02:8e:fc | FID 128, INFO, fcsw1, Login information: Login successful via TELNET/SSH/RSH. IP Addr: admin2"
}