48Cyclades® ACS 5000 Installation/Administration/User Guide
NOTE: You can perform advanced configuration in Expert mode including the option of setting up data buffering separately for individual or groups of serial ports.
To configure data buffering:
1.Select Step 4: Data Buffering.
2.Click the Enable Data Buffering checkbox. The Destination
3.Select a location for the data files from the Destination
4.When the destination is local, perform the following steps.
a.From the Mode
b.Type a file size in bytes into the File Size (Bytes) field. The file size should be greater than zero.
5.When the destination is Remote, perform the following step.
a.In the NFS File Path field, enter the pathname for the mount point of the directory where data buffer file is to be stored. For example, if the mount point directory’s pathname is /var/adm/acslogs, enter /var/adm/acslogs in the field.
NOTE: The NFS server must already be configured with the mount point shared (exported) and the shared directory from the NFS server must be mounted on the console server.
6.To cause a timestamp to be saved with the data in the data buffer file, enable the Record the timestamp in the data buffering file.
7.Select an option from the Show Menu
8.Click apply changes or continue the configuration.
Step 6: System Log
Selecting Step 6: System Log displays a form for identifying one or more syslog servers to receive syslog messages generated by the console server’s serial ports. Syslogging for IPDUs is also possible if IPDU power management is configured.
NOTE: To configure syslog with data buffering features for specific ports, switch to the Expert mode, Ports -
Physical Ports - Modify Selected Ports - Data Buffering.
