HP 480 manual Phase 4 Initialize and Verify the Router, Examine the Event Log

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Phase 4: Initialize and Verify the Router

Examine the Event Log

The event log is a tool you can use to help verify router initialization. Events posted to the event log indicate the success or failure of the configuration and initialization steps. Events are occurrences such as enabling circuits and services, changes in spanning tree states, and error conditions. Each event is labeled with the date, time, severity, and a mnemonic for the software resource that generated the message. (For more information on using the event log and understanding the events listed in it, refer to the operator’s guide you received with your router.)

The most recent event appears in the event log line (the second line of the console screen).

The Event Log Line, showing a message that commonly occurs after the router boots

Figure 1-29. The Event Log Line in the Main Menu

However, checking events is easier if you display and interactively scroll around the entire log. The following steps provide an overview of how to use the event log.

1.Access the event log.

One way to access the interactive log is to select ‘‘Event Log’’ from the Main menu. The other way is to use the NCL Logi command, which is more convenient if you will be working in NCL more frequently than the Main menu.

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