Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 212)

Chapter 11: Event Logs and the Syslog Client
212 Section II: Advanced Operations
Clearing an
Event Log
To clear all events from an event log, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.
The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 63 on page 204.
3. From the Event Log menu, type C to select Clear Log.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter output to clear (T=Temporary, P=Permanent) ->
4. To clear the temporary event log, type T. To clear the permanent event
log, type P.
Saving an Event
Log to a File
You can save an event log as a file in a file system to review later or to
upload to your management workstation. The file is saved as an ASCII file.
To save the event log as a file in the file system, perform the following
procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.
The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 63 on page 204.
3. Configure options 2 to 6 in the Event Log menu to specify which log
and entries you want saved to the file. For instructions, refer to
“Displaying an Event Log” on page 205.
4. From the Event Log menu, type S to select Save Log to File.
A confirmation prompt is displayed.
5. To save the log file, type Y for Yes or, to cancel the process, type N for
No.
If you type Y, the following prompt is displayed:
Enter file name (*.log) ->
6. Type a name for the file with a
.log
file name extension.
The following message is displayed:
Saving log to file.