Using The System Log; Ping; Poll Interval Dialog Box - McDATA Eclipse 2640 SAN Administration And Configuration Manual

Using the Element Manager Tools
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Using the System Log

Ping

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Figure 6-12

Poll Interval Dialog Box

2. Drag the pointer to the required interval. As you do, the new
interval appears in the text box.
3. Click OK to make the change.
The System Log (different from the Element Manager Message Log)
contains errors or warning states encountered at the SAN Router.
This could include ports going up and down, mSNS unable to zone, a
SAN Router task failing, and so on. The System Log information will
be routinely requested by Technical Support whenever you report a
problem.
The Message Log is contained in Element Manager whereas the
System Log is contained in the SAN Router.
Periodically, you should retrieve the System Log to preserve a copy,
and then empty the contents. The System Log has a fixed size. New
entries are written to the beginning of the log overwriting the oldest
entries.
To retrieve and clear the system log, refer to
the System Log
The Element Manager provides options for checking remote
connections through ping utility from the SAN Router.
To set up the ping network utility, follow these steps:
1. Select Statistics/Info>Ping to display the Network Utilities dialog
box (Figure
port or iFCP/iSCSI ports.
on page 7-14.
6-13). You can use this to ping from the management
Retrieving and Clearing