Syslog messages processed and actions taken identifies which syslog messages are processed by Network Protocol Manager for OSPF and what actions are taken by Network Protocol Manager for OSPF. As indicated in Syslog messages processed and actions taken, candidate syslog messages have one of the following Facility“Mnemonic name combinations:

  • OSPF & ADJCHG

  • SYS & CONFIG_I

Table 1. Syslog messages processed and actions taken

Facility name

Mnemonic name

Action

OSPF

ADJCHG

  • Extracts the OSPF configuration, change, and adjacency status information from the message and updates the appropriate router attributes.

  • If the message contains at least one OSPF endpoint that is not currently in the topology database, Network Protocol Manager for OSPF sends SNMP polls to the appropriate device to rediscover the device’s OSPF-related objects.

SYS

CONFIG_I

  • Does not extract any status information from the message.

  • Sends SNMP polls to the appropriate device to rediscover the device’s OSPF-related objects.

In addition, Network Protocol Manager for OSPF responds to Mismatch Authentication Key syslog messages for Cisco devices in the same way that it responds to syslog messages that contain the OSPF & ADJCHG Facility–Mnemonic name combinations.