The SYSLOG protocol uses certain designations for message sources, the so-called facilities. Each internal source in the devices that can generate a SYSLOG message must therefore be assigned to a SYSLOG facility.
The standard mapping can be changed, if necessary. In this way you can, for example, send all SYSLOG messages from a device with a specific facility (Local7). It is thus possible to collect all messages in a common log file by configuring the SYSLOG client appropriately.
Under SYSLOG under Facility mapping, the internal sources can be assigned to the corresponding SYSLOG facilities.
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Messages from the device are mapped to a facility, so that the SYSLOG client can write them to a special log file without any additional effort.
All facilities are set to 'local7'. Under Linux, the file /etc/syslog.conf with the entry
local7.* /var/log/lancom.log
writes all of the device output to the file /var/log/lancom.log.