Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Flyover settings, Configuring flyovers

5 Flyover settings

•Professional — 1 through 100,000

•Enterprise — 1 through 10,000,000

Default is 50,000. Older events are purged at midnight on the date the maximum event limit is reached regardless of the retention days.

4.Enter then number of days (1 through 365) you want to store events in the Maximum Days field.

The events are purged at midnight on the last day of the retention period regardless of the number of maximum events.

5.Choose one of the following options:

•Select the Yes option to store all historical events from the repository to a file while purging occurs.

•Select the No option to purge historical events from the repository without storing them as a file.

6.Click OK.

Storing historical events purged from repository

To store historical events purged from the repository, complete the following steps.

1.Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2.Select Event Storage in the Category list.

3.Select the Yes option.

4.Click OK.

Purged events from the master log table are stored in the Install_Home\data\archive\events directory using the format event_MMDDYYY.zip (for example, event_04052011.zip. These files are retained for a maximum of 30 days. The zip file contains multiple archive text files that use the format event_MMDDYYY_N.txt (for example, event_04052011_1.txt).

Flyover settings

You can configure your system to display information for products and connections in a pop-up window on the Connectivity Map.

Configuring flyovers

To display product and connection information in a pop-up window, complete the following steps.

1.Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2.Select Flyovers in the Category list.

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