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3. Select a location for the data files from the Destination pull-down menu (either Local or
Remote). Additional pull-down menus and fields appear, depending on which destination
is selected.
4. When the destination is local, perform the following steps.
a. From the Mode pull-down menu, select Circular or Linear data buffering.
b. Type a file size in bytes into the File Size (Bytes) field. The file size should be greater
than zero.
5. When the destination is Remote, perform the following steps.
a. In the NFS File Path field, enter the pathname for the mount point of the directory where
data buffer file is to be stored. For example, if the mount point directory's pathname is /
var/adm/acslogs, enter
NOTE: The NFS server must already be configured with the mount point shared (exported) and the shared
directory from the NFS server must be mounted on the console server.
b. To cause a timestamp to be saved with the data in the data buffer file, enable the Record
the timestamp in the data buffering file.
c. Select an option from the Show Menu pull-down menu. The choices are: show all options,
No, Show data buffering file only and Show without the erase options.
6. Click apply changes.

Step 6: System Log

Selecting Step 6: System Log displays a form for identifying one or more syslog servers to receive
syslog messages generated by the console server's serial ports. Syslogging for IPDUs is also
possible if IPDU power management is configured.
The form displays as shown in the following figure.

Figure 5.12: Wizard - Step 6: System Log

in the field.
/var/adm/acslogs