How to Configure Unisphere for PowerMax Remote Syslog

Summary: How to configure Unisphere for PowerMax Remote Syslog

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Instructions

  1. Click Settings in the main Unisphere Dashboard:
Settings Unisphere Dashboard
Figure 1: Settings Unisphere Dashboard
  1. Click Security > Remote Syslog, add the IP Address/Host Full Name, Certificate Trust chain, then click Apply:
Add the IP Address / Host Full Name, Certificate Trust chain, and click Apply
Figure 2: Add the IP Address/Host Full Name, Certificate Trust chain, and click Apply.

The default port for Secure Remote Syslog is port 6514 (syslog-tls). For secure log message transfer, then Syslog must work over TCP 6514 with secure TLS certificate-based authentication (RFC 5425).

When remote syslog is successfully configured, Unisphere for PowerMax sends five logs from the Unisphere host:
  • SMAS
  • RUN
  • STOREVNTD
  • STORSRVD
  • SYMAPI
The content of all the above logs is tailed or sent over to the syslog host.

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There can be confusion between secure remote syslog and standard syslog for alert notifications.

If the objective is to trap array events, then the syslog feature in Settings > Alerts > Enable Syslog should be used:
 
To trap array events, use Settings > Alerts > Enable Syslog
Figure 3: To trap array events, use Settings > Alerts > Enable Syslog 

The detailed settings explaining how to configure this standard syslog feature can be reviewed in How to configure syslog in embedded Unisphere for VMAX/PowerMax.

Go to the PowerMax Product Page on Dell Support > Knowledgebase Articles > PowerMax: InfoHub Product Documentation and Videos > Manage and Monitor Storage-Open Systems > Troubleshooting > Dell Events and Alerts for PowerMax and HYPERMAX User Guide to view helpful information about:
  • Asynchronous Events
  • Unisphere policy name - Alert ID mapping

Affected Products

Unisphere for PowerMax
Article Properties
Article Number: 000206117
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 20 Sep 2023
Version:  4
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