Summary

Each probe works in a different way to acquire event data from its source, and therefore has specific features, default values, and changeable properties. Use this summary information to learn about this probe.

The following table summarizes the probe.

Table 1. Summary 

Probe target

Syslog Data

Probe executable name

nco_p_syslogd (on UNIX and Linux® operating systems)

nco_p_syslogd.exe (on Windows operating systems)

Package version

5.0

Probe supported on

For details of supported operating systems, see the following Release Notice on the IBM Software Support Website:

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21502962

Properties file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/syslogd.props

Rules file

$OMNIHOME/probes/arch/syslogd.rules

Requirements

A currently supported version of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.

Connection method

UDP Connection

Remote connectivity

Events can be sent to this probe from a remote host.

Peer-to-peer failover functionality

Available

Multicultural support

Available

IP environment

IPv4 and IPv6

For communications between the probe and IBM® Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus, the IPv6 environment is supported on all operating systems.

For communication between the probe and the target device, IPv6 is supported on all supported operating systems except Microsoft Windows.

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus uses the FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic provider: IBM Crypto for C (ICC) certificate 384 for cryptography. This certificate is listed on the NIST website at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2004.htm. For details about configuring Netcool/OMNIbus for FIPS 140-2 mode, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide.