Syslog adapters

A Network Protocol Management Suite installation includes a built-in syslog adapter that can be configured to:

• Fetch BGP- or OSPF-related syslog message from a syslog (system log).

• Parse the messages for status updates.

• Distribute the status updates to Network Protocol Manager for BGP or Network Protocol Manager for OSPF.

  Network Protocol Manager for BGP uses the status updates to update the attributes of BGP objects in its modeled topology, and Network Protocol Manager for OSPF uses the status updates to update the attributes of OSPF objects in its modeled topology.

  The syslog messages that are processed by Network Protocol Manager for BGP and Network Protocol Manager for OSPF are described in Appendix C, “Syslog Messages Processed.”