Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 142)

Chapter 11: Event Logs and Syslog Servers
142 Section II: Advanced Operations
Working with the Event Logs
The event logs contain event messages that are generated by a switch.
These events can provide vital information about network activity on an
AT-9400 Series switch that can help you identify and solve network
problems. The information includes the time and date when an event
occurred, the event’s severity, the AT-S63 module that generated the
event, and an event description.
The AT-9400 Series switch has two event logs. Both logs store the same
event messages. There is a temporary log with a storage capacity of 4,000
events. Events in this log are lost whenever the switch is reset or power
cycled. The other log is in permanent memory and has a capacity of 2,000
entries. Events in this log are retained whenever the switch is reset or
power cycled.
The following procedures explain how to view the events in the event log
as well as how to enable or disable the log. The procedures include:
This section includes the following topics:
ˆ “Enabling or Disabling the Event Logs” on page 142
ˆ “Displaying Events” on page 144
ˆ “Clearing an Event Log” on page 150
ˆ “Saving an Event Log to a File” on page 150
Enabling or
Disabling the
Event Logs
This procedure explains how to enable and disable the event logs on the
switch. If you disable the logs, the AT-S63 management software will not
store events in its logs and will not send events to any syslog servers you
might have defined. The default setting for the event logs is enabled.
Note
Allied Telesyn recommends setting the switch’s date and time if you
enable the event logs. Otherwise, the entries entered in the logs and
sent to a syslog server will not have the correct date and time. For
instructions, refer to “Setting the System Date and Time” on
page 47.
To enable or disable the event logs, perform the following procedure:
1. From the home page, select Configuration.
The System page is displayed with the General tab selected by
default, as shown in Figure 5 on page 38.
2. Select the Event Log tab.