Displaying events – Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 10: Event Logs and Syslog Client

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Section II: Advanced Operations

Displaying Events

This procedure explains how to display the events in an event log. You
can view all or just specific events of a log.

To view the events in an event log, perform the following procedure:

1. From the home page, select either Monitoring or Configuration.

2. From the Configuration menu, select the System option.

3. Select the Event Log tab.

The Event log tab is shown in Figure 33 on page 119.

4. Configure the parameters in the Display Filter Settings of the tab

according to the types of events to be displayed.

5. After configuring the parameters, click View.

The parameters in the Display Filter Settings section are defined here:

Log Location
Defines the event log to be viewed: Options are:

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Temporary (Memory) - Displays the events from the log stored in

temporary memory. This log stores approximately 4,000 events.
Select this option if the switch has been running for some time
without a reset or power cycle. This is the default.

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Permanent (NVS) - Displays the events from the log stored in

nonvolatile memory, which stores up to 2,000 events. Select this
option to view the events that occurred prior to a recent reset or
power cycle.

Severity Selections
Defines the severity of the events to be displayed. You can select more
than one severity by using the Ctrl key when making your selections.
The default is error, warning, and information events. Options are:

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D - Debug - Debug messages provide detailed high-volume

information only intended for technical support personnel.

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E - Error - Only error messages are displayed. Error messages

indicate that the switch operation is severely impaired.

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W - Warning - Only warning messages are displayed. These

messages indicate that an issue may require manager attention.

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I - Information - Only informational messages are displayed.

Informational messages display useful information that you can
ignore during normal operation.

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ALL - Messages of all severity levels are displayed.

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