Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 218)

Chapter 12: Event Log
218 Section II: Advanced Features
Saving an Event Log to a File
You can save anevent log to a file to review later. The file is saved as an
ASCII file so that you can also email the file to someone else for
troubleshooting.
To save the event log to a file, 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. Configure options 3 to 7 in the Event Log menu to specify which log
and entries you want saved.
4. From the Event Log menu, type S to select Save Log to File.
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.
7. The following message is displayed:
Saving log to file.
When the save process is complete, the word “Complete” is
displayed, followed by another prompt:
Press any key to continue.
8. Press any key.
The log file is saved in the switch’s file system as an ASCII file.
9. To review the log file, type R to return to the System Administration
menu.
10. From the System Administration menu, type 9 to select System
Utilities.
The System Utilities menu is displayed, as shown in Figure 7 on
page 58.
11. From the System Utilities menu, type 1 to select File Operations.