Diagnostics
Configure options for the event and system logs
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Note
You should only enable
Preserve system logs
temporarily to debug issues. Once you are
finished debugging, immediately disable
Preserve system logs
to avoid unnecessary wear to
the flash memory.
8. Click
Apply
to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Log into the IX20 command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an
Access selection
menu
. Type
admin
to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type
config
to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. (Optional) To change the heartbeat interval from the default of 30 minutes, set a new value.
The heartbeat interval determines the amount of time to wait before sending a heartbeat
event if no other events have been sent.
(config)> system log heartbeat_interval
value
(config)>
where
value
is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format
number
{
w|d|h|m|s
}.
For example, to set
the heartbeat interval
to ten minutes, enter either
10m
or
600s
:
(config)> system log heartbeat_interval 600s
(config)>
To disable the heartbeat interval, set the value to
0s
4. Enable preserve system logs functionality to save the current session's system log after a
reboot. By default, the IX20 device erases system logs each time the device is powered off or
rebooted.
Note
You should only enable
Preserve system logs
temporarily to debug issues. Once you are
finished debugging, immediately disable
Preserve system logs
to avoid unnecessary wear to
the flash memory.
(config)> system log persistent true
(config)>
