Diagnostics
3. Refer to the following for information on the elements that can be viewed within a log file:
Timestamp | Displays the date, year and time of day the log file was initially created. This value only | ||
| states the time the file was initiated, not the time it was modified or appended. | ||
Module | Displays the name of the switch logging the target event. | ||
Severity | The Severity level coincides with the logging levels defined within the Log Options tab. Use | ||
| these numeric identifiers to assess the criticality of the displayed event. The severity levels | ||
| include: | ||
| • 0 - Emergency | ||
| • | 1 | - Alert |
| • | 2 | - Critical |
| • | 3 | - Errors |
| • 4 - Warning | ||
| • | 5 | - Notice |
| • | 6 | - Info |
| • 7 - Debug | ||
Mnemonic | Use the Mnemonic as a text version of the severity code information. A mnemonic is | ||
| convention for the classification, organization, storage and recollection of switch | ||
| information. | ||
Description | Displays a | ||
| completion codes for further clarification of the event. Use this information for | ||
| troubleshooting purposes or for metric collection. |
4.Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
5.Click the Refresh button to update the contents of the screen to the latest values.
6.Click the Close button to exit the screen. Clicking Close does not lose any data, as there are no values configured within this screen (it is
8.2.2.2Transferring Log Files
If a system log contains data that may require archiving, consider using the Transfer Files screen to export the log file to an external location (that you designate) where there is no risk of deleting the contents of the log.
To transfer a log file to a user specified location:
1.Select Diagnostics > System Logging > File Mgt from the main menu tree.