Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 211)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section II: Advanced Features 211
Displaying Events
Each time that you want to view the event log, you must choose how
and what you want displayed. The event log settings are not saved.
To specify the type of events you want to display in the 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 51.
2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.
The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 61 on page 209.
3. To determine the source for the events, type 3 to select Event Output
and toggle between two options:
Temporary (Memory)
Displays the events stored in temporary memory. This selection
stores approximately 4,000 events. If the switch has been running
for some time without a reset or power cycle, select Temporary.
This is the default.
Permanent (NVS)
Displays events stored in nonvolatile memory, which stores no
more than 2,000 events. If the switch was recently reset or power
cycled and you want to view the events that occurred prior to the
reset, select Permanent.
4. To select the order of the events in the event log, type 4 to select
Event Order and toggle between 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 in from the most recent event to the oldest
event.
5. To select the format of the event log, type 5 to select Event Mode and
toggle between 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 62 on page 215.