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Diagnostics

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3. Refer to the following for information on the elements that can be viewed within a log file:

4. Refer to the

Status

field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error

messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

5. Click the

Refresh

button to update the contents of the screen to the latest values.

6. Click the

Close

button to exit the screen. Clicking Close does not lose any data, as there are no values

configured within this screen (it is view-only).

8.2.2.2 Transferring Log Files

If a system log contains data that may require archiving, consider using the

Transfer Files

screen to export

the log file to an external location (that you designate) where there is no risk of deleting the contents of the
log.

To transfer a log file to a user specified location:

1. Select

Diagnostics

>

System Logging

>

File Mgt

from the main menu tree.

Timestamp

Displays the date, year and time of day the log file was initially created. This value only
states the time the file was initiated, not the time it was modified or appended.

Module

Displays the name of the switch logging the target event.

Severity

The

Severity

level coincides with the logging levels defined within the Log Options tab. Use

these numeric identifiers to assess the criticality of the displayed event. The severity levels
include:

• 0 - Emergency

• 1 - Alert

• 2 - Critical

• 3 - Errors

• 4 - Warning

• 5 - Notice

• 6 - Info

• 7 - Debug

Mnemonic

Use the

Mnemonic

as a text version of the severity code information. A mnemonic is

convention for the classification, organization, storage and recollection of switch
information.

Description

Displays a high-level overview of the event, and (when applicable) message type, error or
completion codes for further clarification of the event. Use this information for
troubleshooting purposes or for metric collection.