Cisco Systems OL-24201-01 Camera Accessories User Manual


 
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User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.3
OL-24201-01
Chapter 15 Managing System Operations and Configuration in the Monitoring & Report Viewer
Understanding Collection Filters
Understanding Collection Filters
You can create collection filters that allow you to filter and drop syslog events that are not used for
monitoring or troubleshooting purposes. When you configure collection filters, the Monitoring & Report
Viewer does not record these events in the database and saves much needed disk space.
This section contains the following topics:
Creating and Editing Collection Filters, page 15-16
Deleting Collection Filters, page 15-17
Creating and Editing Collection Filters
Use this page to create or edit collection filters. To do this:
Step 1 From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, choose Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration >
Collection Filters.
The Collection Filters page appears.
Step 2 In the Filters area, do one of the following:
Click Create to create a collection filter.
Check the check box of the syslog attribute that you want to edit, then click Edit.
Check the check box of the syslog attribute that you want to delete, then click Delete.
The Add or Edit Collection Filters page described in Table 15-11 appears.
Step 3 Click Submit.
Table 15-11 Add or Edit Collection Filters Page
Option Description
Syslog Attribute
In the Add Filter page, choose any one of the following syslog attributes:
NAS IP Address
Access Service
MAC Address
User
In the Edit Filter page, this field is Display only.
Value Enter the value of the syslog attribute:
NAS IP Address—Enter the IP address of the NAS that you want to filter.
Access Service—Enter the name of the access service that you want to filter.
MAC Address—Enter the MAC address of the machine that you want to filter.
User—Enter the username of the user you want to filter.