Chapter 4      Managing Devices

Receiving PIX Device Messages

Removing PIX Firewall Devices

Procedure

Step 1

Select Devices >PIX Syslog. The Configure HSE Syslog Receiver window 

appears.

Step 2

Select the IP address of the device you want to remove, then click Remove. A 

confirmation message displays indicating that the device has been removed.

Viewing PIX Firewall Devices

Use this option to see a list of the PIX devices that are configured to send syslog 

messages.

Procedure

Step 1

Select Devices >PIX Syslog. The Configure HSE Syslog Receiver window 

appears.

Step 2

In the left pane, click View PIX Devices. The right pane refreshes with a list of 

PIX device IPs.

Configuring Syslog Transfer

Use this option to designate an FTP server to receive logged messages. 

Every day, the Hosting Solution Engine places the logged messages in a ZIP file 

and transfers it to the user's default working directory on the designated FTP 

server. The ZIP file is named by hostname and date. Existing files with the same 

name are overwritten.

The transfer will fail if:

The FTP username and password are configured incorrectly.

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