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Table 9.6: Data Buffering Form Fields
Field Name | Definition | |
Destination | Location for the data files. Either Local or Remote. | |
| Will be either circular or linear. In circular mode, data is written into the specified | |
| local data file until the upper limit on the file size is reached; then the data is | |
| overwritten starting from the top of the file as additional data comes in. Circular | |
Mode (Local Destination) | buffering requires the administrator to set up processes to examine the data | |
during the timeframe before the data is overwritten by new data. In linear mode, | ||
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| the kernel serial driver buffer is used to store the Rx data. Once the 4Kb is | |
| reached, a flow control stop is issued to prevent the serial port from receiving | |
| further data from the remote peer. | |
File Size (Bytes) (Local | The maximum file size for the data buffer file. The file size must be greater than | |
Destination) | zero. | |
| The path for the mount point of the directory where data buffer file is to be | |
NFS File Path (Remote | stored. | |
NOTE: The NFS server must already be configured with the mount point | ||
Destination) | ||
| shared (exported) and the shared directory from the NFS server must be | |
| mounted on the console server. |
Record the timestamp.
Syslog Server
Facility Number
Syslog Buffer Size
Buffer SysLog at all times
Buffer SysLog only when no user is connected to the port
Hostname Discovery
Save a timestamp with the data in the data buffer file.
The IP address for the preconfigured Syslog server.
Choose a facility number to assign to the console server. Obtain the facility
number for the console server from the system administrator of the syslog
server. The facility number is included in any syslog message generated from
the console server. The server’s administrator can use facility numbers to isolate
logs from individual devices into individual files.
Options range from Local0 to Local7.
Maximum size of the buffer in the Syslog server.
As indicated.
As indicated.
Check to enable the console server to attempt to discover the hostname of the server connected to the serial port.
