Setting Up And Viewing The System Log; Viewing The Log On The Switch; Setting Up A Log Server - Motorola WS2000 - Wireless Switch - Network Management Device System Reference Manual

7.11 Setting Up and Viewing the System Log

The WS 2000 Network Management System keeps a log of the events that happen on the switch. The switch
has a modest of amount of memory to store events. If the administrator wishes to keep a more complete
event history, the administrator needs to enable a log server.
To view the log or set up a log server, select

7.11.1 Viewing the Log on the Switch

To save a log of the most recent events that are retained on the switch, click the
will display a prompt asking for the administrator password. After the password has been entered, click the
Get File button and a dialogue will be displayed with buttons to
and specify a location to save the file.
To view the saved log.txt file on a Microsoft Windows based computer use the WordPad application. Viewing
the log file with Notepad, the default text file view on most Windows based computers, will not properly
display the formatting of the log file.

7.11.2 Setting Up a Log Server

To keep a complete history of the events that are logged by the switch, the administrator needs to set up an
external system log on a server. The server listens for incoming switch-generated syslog messages on a UDP
port (514 by default), and then decodes the messages into a log file appropriate for viewing and printing.
Events are categorized into eight levels (0 through 7), with the lowest numbers representing the most critical
issues.
1. Set the level of the errors to be logged from the
with the selected level and events with levels lower than the selection will be recorded.
2. Check the Enable
3. Specify the Syslog server IP address for the server that will store the log.
System Configuration
logging in to an external syslog server checkbox to enable logging.
--> Logs
Open or Save
Logging Level drop-down menu. All events associated
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Switch Administration
from the left menu.
View button. The system
the log.txt file. Click Save