While there are official standards for syslog (RFC 3164 and RFC 5424), many network device manufacturers do not follow these standards exactly. This creates compatibility issues where some log messages cannot be properly understood or stored by NetIM.

NetIM provides flexibility to handle custom syslog formats from your specific network devices. When you encounter a format that NetIM cannot process, you can add a custom parser to handle it.

Each syslog typically contains the following information:

Indicates how important the message is (combines facility and severity levels).

When the event occurred.

Which device sent the message.

The actual event details.