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Displaying the event log, Figure 60: event log menu – Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual

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Chapter 12: Event Log and Syslog Servers

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Section II: Advanced Operations

The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 60.

Figure 60. Event Log Menu

3. Type 1 to toggle Log Status between the two selections Enabled and

Disabled. If you enable the log, the switch immediately begins to add
events in the log and send events to defined syslog servers. The
default is enabled.

The other options in this menu are used to display the contents of the
event log. For instructions, refer to “Displaying the Event Log” on
page 218.

4. After making changes, type R until you return to the Main Menu. Then

type S to select Save Configuration Changes.

To display the events in the log, go to the next procedure. To configure
the switch for a syslog server, refer to “Managing Syslog Server
Definitions” on page 225.

Displaying the

Event Log

This procedure explains how to view the event log from your local or
remote management session. To view the event log, do the following:

1. From the Main Menu, type 5 to select System Administration.

2. From the System Administration menu, type 8 to select Event Log.

The Event Log menu is shown in Figure 60 on page 218.

3. Configure options 2 through 6 in the Event Log menu to specify the

types of events you want to view. The options are described below:

Allied Telesyn Ethernet Switch AT-8524M - AT-S62

Production Switch

User: Manager

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Event Log

1 - Event Logging..............Enabled
2 - Display Output.............Temporary (Memory)
3 - Display Order..............Chronological
4 - Display Mode...............Normal
5 - Display Severity...........E,W,I
6 - Display Module.............All

C - Clear Log
L - Configure Log Outputs
S - Save Log to File
V - View Log
R - Return to Previous Menu

Enter your selection?