Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 269)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section II: Advanced Operations 269
Clearing an
Event Log
You can clear the events from an event log so that the log starts fresh. To
clear an event log, perform the following procedure:
1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.
The System Administration menu is shown in Figure 4 on page 54.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.
The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 76 on page 261.
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.
The System Administration menu is shown in Figure 4 on page 54.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.
The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 76 on page 261.
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 262.
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.