UPS Network Management Card 2 User’s Guide48
Logs

Using the Event and Data Logs

Event log

Path: Logs > Events > options
By default, the log displays all events recorded during the last two days, starting with the latest events. See
“Configuring by event” on page63
To display the event log (Logs > Events > log):
By default, the event log displays the most recen t events first. To see the events listed together on a Web page,
click the Launch Log in New Window button. JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to do this.
You can also use FTP or Secure CoPy (SCP) t o view the event log. See “How to use FTP or SCP to
retrieve log files” on page49
To filter the log (Logs > Events > log):
Filtering the log by date or time: Use the Last or From radio buttons. (The filte r config urati on is saved unt il
the NMC restarts).
Filtering the log by event: Click Filter Log. Clear a check box to remove it from view. T e xt at t he upper r ight
corner of the event log page indicates that a filter is active after you click Apply. Tthe filter is active until you
clear it or until the NMC restarts. To remove an ac tive filt er, click Filter Log, then Clear Filter (Show All). As
Administrator, click Save As Default to save this filter as the new def a ult log view for all users.
See these important points on filtering:
• Events are processed through the filter using OR logic.
• Events that you cleared in the Filter By Severity list never display in the filtered event lo g, eve n if the
selected in the Filter by Category list.
• Similarly, events that you clear in the Filter by Category list never display in the filtered event log .
To delete the log (Logs > Events > log): To delete all events, click Clear Log. Deleted events cannot be
retrieved.
To disable the logging of events based on their assigned severity level or their event category, see
“Configuring by group” on page63.
To configure reverse lookup (Logs > Events > reverse lookup):
With reverse lookup enabled, when a network-related event occurs, both the IP address and the domain name
for the networked device with the event are logged in the event log. If no domain name entry exists for the
device, only its IP address is logged with the event.
Since domain names generally change less frequently than IP addresses, enabling reverse lookup can improve
the ability to identify addresses of networked devices that are causing events.
Reverse lookup is disabled by default. Enable it unless you have no DNS server configured or have poor
network performance because of heavy network traffic.