Log and Report

Use these screens to configure daily reporting and log settings.

Email Daily Report

Use the Email Daily Report screen to start or stop data collection and view various statistics about traffic passing through your Zyxel Device. See Configuration > System > Notification to set up the mail server.

Note: Data collection may decrease the Zyxel Device’s traffic throughput rate.

Configure this screen to have the Zyxel Device email you system statistics every day.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Email Daily Report
Label	Description
Enable Email Daily Report	Select this to send reports by email every day.
Mail Subject	Type the subject line for outgoing email from the Zyxel Device.
Mail To	Type the email address (or addresses) to which the outgoing email is delivered.
Send Report Now	Click this button to have the Zyxel Device send the daily email report immediately.
Report Items	Select the information to include in the report. Types of information include System Resource Usage, Wireless Report, Security Service, Interface Traffic Statistics and DHCP Table. Select Reset counters after sending report successfully if you only want to see statistics for a 24 hour period.
Reset All Counters	Click this to discard all report data and start all of the counters over at zero.
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the Zyxel Device.
Reset	Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

Log Setting Screens

The Log Setting screens control log messages and alerts. A log message stores the information for viewing or regular emailing later, and an alert is emailed immediately. Usually, alerts are used for events that require more serious attention, such as system errors and attacks.

The Zyxel Device provides a system log and supports email profiles and remote syslog servers. View the system log in the MONITOR > Log screen. Use the email profiles to mail log messages to the specific destinations. You can also have the Zyxel Device store system logs on a connected USB storage device. The other four logs are stored on specified syslog servers.

The Log Setting screens control what information the Zyxel Device saves in each log. You can also specify which log messages to email for the system log, and where and how often to email them. These screens also set for which events to generate alerts and where to email the alerts.

The first Log Setting screen provides a settings summary. Use the Edit screens to configure settings such as log categories, email addresses, and server names for any log. Use the Log Category Settings screen to edit what information is included in the system log, USB storage, email profiles, and remote servers.

Log Setting Summary

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting
Label	Description
Edit	Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify it.
Activate	To turn on an entry, select it and click Activate.
Inactivate	To turn off an entry, select it and click Inactivate.
#	This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific log.
Status	The activate (light bulb) icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is inactive.
Name	This field displays the type of log setting entry (system log, logs stored on a USB storage device connected to the Zyxel Device, or one of the remote servers).
Log Format	This field displays the format of the log. Internal - system log; you can view the log on the View Log tab. VRPT/Syslog - Zyxel’s Vantage Report, syslog-compatible format. CEF/Syslog - Common Event Format, syslog-compatible format.
Summary	This field is a summary of the settings for each log.
Log Category Settings	Click this button to open the Log Category Settings Edit screen.
Apply	Click this button to save your changes (activate and deactivate logs) and make them take effect.

Edit System Log Settings

The Log Settings Edit screen controls the detailed settings for each log in the system log (which includes the email profiles).

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting > Edit (System Log)
Label	Description
E-Mail Server 1/2
Active	Select this to send log messages and alerts according to the information in this section. You specify what kinds of log messages are included in log information and what kinds of log messages are included in alerts in the Active Log and Alert section.
Mail Server	Type the name or IP address of the outgoing SMTP server.
Mail Server Port	Enter the same port number here as is on the mail server for mail traffic.
Mail Subject	Type the subject line for the outgoing email.
Send From	Type the email address from which the outgoing email is delivered. This address is used in replies.
Send Log To	Type the email address to which the outgoing email is delivered.
Send Alerts To	Type the email address to which alerts are delivered.
Sending Log	Select how often log information is emailed. Choices are: When Full, Hourly and When Full, Daily and When Full, and Weekly and When Full.
Day for Sending Log	This field is available if the log is emailed weekly. Select the day of the week the log is emailed.
Time for Sending Log	This field is available if the log is emailed weekly or daily. Select the time of day (hours and minutes) when the log is emailed. Use 24-hour notation.
SMTP Authentication	Select this check box if it is necessary to provide a user name and password to the SMTP server.
User Name	This box is effective when you select the SMTP Authentication check box. Type the user name to provide to the SMTP server when the log is emailed.
Password	This box is effective when you select the SMTP Authentication check box. Type the password of up to 63 characters to provide to the SMTP server when the log is emailed.
Retype to Confirm	Type the password again to make sure that you have entered is correctly.
Active Log and Alert
System Log	Use the System Log drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories. disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information for any category for the system log or email any logs to email server 1 or 2. enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts for all categories for the system log. If email server 1 or 2 also has normal logs enabled, the Zyxel Device will email logs to them. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all categories. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if this setting is selected.
E-mail Server 1	Use the E-Mail Server 1 drop-down list to change the settings for emailing logs to email server 1 for all log categories. Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your email server 1 settings. enable normal logs (green check mark) - email log messages for all categories to email server 1. enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - email alerts for all categories to email server 1.
E-mail Server 2	Use the E-Mail Server 2 drop-down list to change the settings for emailing logs to email server 2 for all log categories. Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your email server 2 settings. enable normal logs (green check mark) - email log messages for all categories to email server 2. enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - email alerts for all categories to email server 2.
Log Category	This field displays each category of messages. It is the same value used in the Display and Category fields in the View Log tab. The Default category includes debugging messages generated by open source software.
System log	Select which events you want to log by Log Category. There are three choices: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, and debugging information from this category; the Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, however, even if this setting is selected.
E-mail Server 1	Select whether each category of events should be included in the log messages when it is emailed (green check mark) and/or in alerts (red exclamation point) for the email settings specified in E-Mail Server 1. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if it is recorded in the System log.
E-mail Server 2	Select whether each category of events should be included in log messages when it is emailed (green check mark) and/or in alerts (red exclamation point) for the email settings specified in E-Mail Server 2. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if it is recorded in the System log.
Log Consolidation
Active	Select this to activate log consolidation. Log consolidation aggregates multiple log messages that arrive within the specified Log Consolidation Interval. In the View Log tab, the text “[count=x]”, where x is the number of original log messages, is appended at the end of the Message field, when multiple log messages were aggregated.
Log Consolidation Interval	Type how often, in seconds, to consolidate log information. If the same log message appears multiple times, it is aggregated into one log message with the text “[count=x]”, where x is the number of original log messages, appended at the end of the Message field.
OK	Click this to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Cancel	Click this to return to the previous screen without saving your changes.

Edit Log on USB Storage Setting

The Edit Log on USB Storage Setting screen controls the detailed settings for saving logs to a connected USB storage device. Go to the Log Setting Summary screen, and click the USB storage Edit icon.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting > Edit (USB Storage)
Label	Description
Duplicate logs to USB storage (if ready)	Select this to have the Zyxel Device save a copy of its system logs to a connected USB storage device. Use the Active Log section to specify what kinds of messages to include.
Enable log keep duration	Select this checkbox to enter a value in the Keep Duration field.
Keep Duration	Enter a number of days that the Zyxel Device keeps this log.
Active Log
Selection	Use the Selection drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories. disable all logs (red X) - do not send the remote server logs for any log category. enable normal logs (green check mark) - send the remote server log messages and alerts for all log categories. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - send the remote server log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all log categories.
Log Category	This field displays each category of messages. The Default category includes debugging messages generated by open source software.
Selection	Select what information you want to log from each Log Category (except All Logs; see below). Choices are: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - log regular information and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - log regular information, alerts, and debugging information from this category
OK	Click this to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Cancel	Click this to return to the previous screen without saving your changes.

Edit Remote Server Log Settings

The Log Settings Edit screen controls the detailed settings for each log in the remote server (syslog). Go to the Log Settings Summary screen, and click a remote server Edit icon.

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting > Edit (Remote Server)
Label	Description
Log Settings for Remote Server
Active	Select this check box to send log information according to the information in this section. You specify what kinds of messages are included in log information in the Active Log section.
Log Format	This field displays the format of the log information. It is read-only. VRPT/Syslog - Zyxel’s Vantage Report, syslog-compatible format. CEF/Syslog - Common Event Format, syslog-compatible format.
Server Address	Type the server name or the IP address of the syslog server to which to send log information.
Server Port	Type the service port number used by the remote server.
Log Facility	Select a log facility. The log facility allows you to log the messages to different files in the syslog server. Please see the documentation for your syslog program for more information.
Active Log
Selection	Use the Selection drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories. disable all logs (red X) - do not send the remote server logs for any log category. enable normal logs (green check mark) - send the remote server log messages and alerts for all log categories. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - send the remote server log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all log categories.
Log Category	This field displays each category of messages. It is the same value used in the Display and Category fields in the View Log tab. The Default category includes debugging messages generated by open source software.
Selection	Select what information you want to log from each Log Category (except All Logs; see below). Choices are: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - log regular information and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - log regular information, alerts, and debugging information from this category
OK	Click this to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Cancel	Click this to return to the previous screen without saving your changes.

Log Category Settings Screen

The Log Category Settings screen allows you to view and to edit what information is included in the system log, USB storage, email profiles, and remote servers at the same time. It does not let you change other log settings (for example, where and how often log information is emailed or remote server names).

This screen provides a different view and a different way of indicating which messages are included in each log and each alert. (The Default category includes debugging messages generated by open source software.)

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting > Log Category Settings
Label	Description
System Log	Use the System Log drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories. disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information for any category for the system log or email any logs to email server 1 or 2. enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts for all categories for the system log. If email server 1 or 2 also has normal logs enabled, the Zyxel Device will email logs to them. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all categories. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if this setting is selected.
USB Storage	Use the USB Storage drop-down list to change the log settings for saving logs to a connected USB storage device. disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information for any category to a connected USB storage device. enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts for all categories and save them to a connected USB storage device. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all categories and save them to a connected USB storage device.
E-mail Server 1 E-mail	Use the E-Mail Server 1 drop-down list to change the settings for emailing logs to email server 1 for all log categories. Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your email server 1 settings. enable normal logs (green check mark) - email log messages for all categories to email server 1. enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - email alerts for all categories to email server 1.
E-mail Server 2 E-mail	Use the E-Mail Server 2 drop-down list to change the settings for emailing logs to email server 2 for all log categories. Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your email server 2 settings. enable normal logs (green check mark) - email log messages for all categories to email server 2. enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - email alerts for all categories to email server 2.
Remote Server 1~4 Syslog	For each remote server, use the Selection drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories. disable all logs (red X) - do not send the remote server logs for any log category. enable normal logs (green check mark) - send the remote server log messages and alerts for all log categories. enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - send the remote server log messages, alerts, and debugging information for all log categories.
Log Category	This field displays each category of messages. It is the same value used in the Display and Category fields in the View Log tab. The Default category includes debugging messages generated by open source software.
System Log	Select which events you want to log by Log Category. There are three choices: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, and debugging information from this category; the Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, however, even if this setting is selected.
USB Storage	Select which event log categories to save to a connected USB storage device. There are three choices: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - save log messages and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - save log messages, alerts, and debugging information from this category.
E-mail Server 1 E-mail	Select whether each category of events should be included in the log messages when it is emailed (green check mark) and/or in alerts (red exclamation point) for the email settings specified in E-Mail Server 1. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if it is recorded in the System log.
E-mail Server 2 E-mail	Select whether each category of events should be included in log messages when it is emailed (green check mark) and/or in alerts (red exclamation point) for the email settings specified in E-Mail Server 2. The Zyxel Device does not email debugging information, even if it is recorded in the System log.
Remote Server 1~4 Syslog	For each remote server, select what information you want to log from each Log Category (except All Logs; see below). Choices are: disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category enable normal logs (green check mark) - log regular information and alerts from this category enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - log regular information, alerts, and debugging information from this category
OK	Click this to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Cancel	Click this to return to the previous screen without saving your changes.