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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 IX40 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.
Command line
1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions > Open Console, or log into the IX40
local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. (Optional) To change the heartbeat interval from the default of 30 minutes, set 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.
(config)> system log heartbeat_interval value
(config)>
where value is any number of weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds, and takes the format
number{w|d|h|m|s}.
For example, to set the heartbeat interval to ten minutes, enter either 10m or 600s:
(config)> system log heartbeat_interval 600s
(config)>
To disable the heartbeat interval, set the value to 0s
IX40 User Guide
Configure syslog servers
for information about configuring remote syslog
Configure options for the event and system logs
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