Online Help for Optivity Switch Manager Release 1.1

Opening a syslog file

To open a syslog file:

1. In the SysLog dialog box, click the folder icon.



The Open sysLog dialog box opens.

2. In the File name text box, type the name of the log file to import, or use the Browse button to locate the log file.
3. Click Open.

The log file is imported into the SysLog dialog box.

The table below describes the items, icons, and buttons in the SysLog dialog box.

Item or button	Description
Id	The number assigned to the log entry.
Timestamp	The time the entry entered the log.
Severity	The severity level of the log entry. The possible severity levels are: Info--Informational message only Warning--There may be a misconfiguration in the network, but you do not need to take action. Error--There is a misconfiguration that you must correct for the device to work correctly. MFG--There is a manufacturing error that you must correct for the device to work correctly. Fatal--This fault caused the switch to fail. blank
Code	Maps errors. For example, the code error 0x1ff0009 means block unauthorized map access of code that represents log description.
Task	The system-assigned name of the task that generated the log entry.
Log Description	A description of the log entry.
	Locates specific entries in the log file. See Locating specific log entries.
	Selects specific entries to display in the log file (eliminating, or filtering out, all other entries from the log). See Filtering log entries.
	Deletes an entry from the log file. To delete multiple log entries, highlight all the log entries to delete before clicking this icon.
	Closes the SysLog dialog box.