# How do i collect logs from IBM SAN controller, SAN Directors, San storage arrays **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [November 17, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-collect-logs-from-ibm-san-controller-san-directors-san-storage-arrays/108161 "2017-11-17T16:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eamonn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eamonn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eamonn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-collect-logs-from-ibm-san-controller-san-directors-san-storage-arrays/108161/1 "2017-11-17T16:22:51Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Collecting Storage metrics and logs into ELK stack](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collecting-storage-metrics-and-logs-into-elk-stack/102695): I need to collect log files from IBM SAN controller, SAN Directors, and San storage arrays and send them to log-stash. I am at the design stage. looking for ideas. Any ideas?. ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-collect-logs-from-ibm-san-controller-san-directors-san-storage-arrays/108161/2 "2017-11-21T22:40:37Z")
A few questions to get started: - How does the IBM SAN controller/... expose logs? Syslog, file, ...? - What is the format of the logs? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-collect-logs-from-ibm-san-controller-san-directors-san-storage-arrays/108161/3 "2017-12-19T22:40:38Z")
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