Logging to syslog from iRule

So by default there are not any statistics sent to the ltm log file correct? In order to log information to that file an iRule needs to be created and the logging server restarted right? As I've mentioned in a previous post I'm interested in gathering some performance data, but haven't had a lot of success. The graphical representations are nice, but they don't offer much detail and having to extract data from the graph in order to pass it on is inaccurate and not fun. I've got a ticket in with support now as Colin suggested, but it seems like this information should be more readily available.