Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Filtering report events by date and time

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5.To limit the search results to traps, syslog, and pseudo event messages with a specific text string, enter the text string in the Description field.

You can use an asterisk (*) to indicate a wildcard, as in the following examples:

•*cdef: Matches a message ending with cdef

•abc*: Matches a message beginning with abc

•*abc*: Matches a message that contains abc

For example, if you want to find the events that have the text “Auth” in the message, enter “*Auth*”.

NOTE

You can view all port history events for a switch by creating an event custom report and entering a description of Port Login/Logout History for that particular switch. The Port Login/Logout history trap will be listed under the Available traps list of the Add Trap Filter dialog box and the Add Event Action dialog box — Events pane.

For information about event categories, refer to “Event Categories” on page 1277.

6.To limit the search results to traps, syslog, and pseudo event messages from a specific IP address, enter the IP address or the AP MAC address in the Address field. You can enter multiple addresses. Separate each address with a comma.

7.Select the Acknowledge check box if you want messages that have been acknowledged to be included in the report.

8.Select the severity from the Available Severity list, and click the right arrow button to move your selection to the Selected Severity list. Events with the selected severity are included in the report.

9.Select the event type you want to include in the report from the Available Event Category list. Click the right arrow button to move your selection to the Selected Event Category list.

10.Select the event action you want to include in the report from the Available Event Actions list. Click the right arrow button to move your selection to the Selected Event Actions list.

11.Click OK to save the definition, Run to launch the report, or click the Time Settings tab on the Add/Edit Report Definition dialog box if you want to filter the events by date and time.

Filtering report events by date and time

The Event Custom Reports dialog box — Time Settings tab allows you to specify the time range of the events to be reported.

To filter report events by date and time, complete the following steps.

1.Select Reports > Event Custom Reports.

The Event Custom Reports dialog box displays.

2.Click the Add button.

The Add/Edit Report Definition dialog box - Product tab displays.

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