Digi IX20 User Manual page 1092

Diagnostics
3. Click System > Log.
4. (Optional) To change the Heartbeat interval from the default of 30 minutes, type a new value.
The heartbeat interval determines the amount of time to wait before sending a heartbeat
event if no other events have been sent.
Allowed values are any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and take the
format number{w|d|h|m|s}.
For example, to set Heartbeat interval to ten minutes, enter 10m or 600s.
To disable the Heartbeat interval, enter 0s.
5. (Optional) To disable event categories, or to enable them if they have been disabled:
a. Click to expand Event Categories.
b. Click an event category to expand.
c. Depending on the event category, you can enable or disable informational events, status
events, and error events. Some categories also allow you to set the Status interval, which
is the time interval between periodic status events.
6. (Optional) See
servers to which log messages will be sent.
7. (Optional) To change the system log settings from the defaults, type in a new value.
System log rotation size: Specify the maximum size (measured in kilobytes) the
n
system log file can reach before log rotation. When the specified size is reached, the
system log rotates.
Default is 200 kb. Minimum is 10 kb.
System log rotation count: Specify the number of system log files to keep.
n
Default is 8. Minimum is 1; maximum is 20.
8. Enable Preserve system logs to save the current session's system log after a reboot.
By default, the IX20 device erases system logs each time the device is powered off or rebooted.
Note You should only enable Preserve system logs temporarily to debug issues. Once you are
finished debugging, immediately disable Preserve system logs to avoid unnecessary wear to
the flash memory.
9. Click Apply to save the configuration and apply the change.
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Command line
IX20 User Guide
Configure syslog servers for information about configuring remote syslog
Configure options for the event and system logs
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