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MULTINET4 MULTI-PORT SERIAL SERVER & MANAGED SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
FIGURE 4–25: Events: Logs: Files
The table below explains how to use the fields in the Logs: Files table.
Log files are written as ASCII text in syslog format. For example:
<6>Jan 22 08:18:35 2007 192.168.1.2 Ethernet port E2 is down.
<6>Jan 22 08:18:40 2007 192.168.1.2 Ethernet port E4 is up.
<6>Jan 22 08:18:54 2007 192.168.1.2 Ethernet port E2 is up.
<6>Jan 22 08:34:23 2007 192.168.1.2 User 'manager' logged in.
<6>Jan 22 09:38:58 2007 192.168.1.2 User 'manager' idled out.
4.3.2
Syslog
Syslog is a protocol for sending event messages over an IP network to remote servers
called "event message collectors." The syslog protocol is defined in RFC 3164. You enable
syslog functionality with the
4.3.2.1 Syslog: Global Settings
screen, described in
Section
4.3.2.1: Syslog: Global Settings
. You specify the IP addresses of the remote devices
that will serve as syslog collectors in the
4.3.2.2 Syslog: Collectors
screen, described in
Section 4.3.2.2: Syslog: Collectors
. If syslog functionality is enabled, Multinet4 will
Table 4–25: Logs: Files
Field Name
Field Value
Filename:
The names and sizes of log files available for viewing. The log
file that is currently active for writing is also flagged under the
Status column. Click a hyperlinked file name to display a plain
text version of the log file.
Delete:
Set the Delete checkbox in a row and click
Apply Settings
to
delete that log file.
