Allied Telesis AT-S63 User Manual

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Chapter 11: Event Logs and the Syslog Client

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Section II: Advanced Operations

4. To select the order of the events in the event log, type 3 to select

Display Order and toggle between these two options:

Chronological
Displays the events in the order from the oldest event to the most
recent event. This is the default.

Reverse Chronological
Displays the events from the most recent event to the oldest event.

5. To select the format of the event log, type 4 to select Display Mode

and toggle between these two options:

Normal
Displays the time, module, severity, and description for each event.
This is the default. An example of Normal mode is shown in Figure 64
on page 209.

Full
Displays the same information as Normal, plus the file name, line
number, and event ID. An example of Full mode is shown in Figure 65
on page 210.

6. To display events of a selected severity, type 5 to select Display

Severity.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter Severity levels to display (ALL, E - Error, W -
Warning, I - Information, D - Debug) ->

The possible options are:

ALL
All messages of the following types are displayed. This is the default.

E - Error
Only error messages are displayed. Error messages indicate that the
switch operation is severely impaired.

W - Warning
Only warning messages are displayed. These messages indicate that
an issue may require manager attention.

I - Information
Only informational messages are displayed. Informational messages
display useful information that you can ignore during normal operation.

D - Debug
Debug messages provide detailed high-volume information that is
intended only for technical support personnel.

You can select more than one severity at a time, separated by a
comma, for example, E,W.

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