3Com SUPERSTACK 3 WEBCACHE 3000, User Manual

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15: S
YSTEM
D
IAGNOSTICS
You can interrupt a trace route request at any time by clicking Stop .
Some network environments block trace route traffic on the network.
The TraceRoute request may therefore fail even if the network device is
operating normally.
System Log
The System Log records all of the events that occur on the Webcache and
displays the information in text format. You can configure how detailed
the information is, how much of it is displayed and how it is accessed.
The System Log is primarily intended to be used by your System
Administrator and 3Com support personnel to troubleshoot the
Webcache.
Configuring the
System Log
To configure the System Log using the Web interface:
1 Log in to the Web interface.
2 Click Device on the Toolbar.
3 Select Diagnostics > Setup System Log in the Navigation Tree. The Setup
System Log screen is displayed.
4 You can choose to save the contents of the System Log onto a single
management station in your network that has syslog analysis tools. This is
of particular benefit if you are working with 3Com support personnel.
Enter the IP address of the syslog server in the
Enter Syslog Server IP
Address field to enable this feature.
You must configure your syslog server to receive facility “daemon”
messages at severity “info” and higher.
5 If you want to record more detailed System Log information, check
Enable Verbose Logging and select either Low , Medium or High .
By default, the save System Log information feature is disabled. You must
enable this feature if you want to view the entire contents of the System
Log on a syslog server. You can only view the last 256 lines of the log
using the
View System Log command of the Web interface. However,
enabling verbose system logging may affect the performance of the
Webcache because of the extra information that it is recording. You
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