User`s guide

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USER’S GUIDE
Switched Rack PDU
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Configuring data log rotation (Logs>Data>rotation). Set up a password-protected
data log repository on a specified FTP server. Enabling rotation causes the contents of
the data log to be appended to the file you specify by name and location. Updates to
this file occur at the upload interval you specify.
How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files
An Administrator or Device User can use FTP or SCP to retrieve a tab-delineated event
log file (event.txt) or data log file (data.txt) and import it into a spreadsheet.
• The file reports all events or data recorded since the log was last deleted or (for the
data log) truncated because it reached maximum size.
• The file includes information that the event log or data log does not display.
–The version of the file format (first field)
–The date and time the file was retrieved
–The Name, Contact, and Location values and IP address of the Rack PDU
–The unique Event Code for each recorded event (event.txt file only)
Parameter Description
Data Log Rotation Enable or disable (the default) data log rotation.
FTP Server Address The location of the FTP server where the data repository file is stored.
User Name The user name required to retrieve data from the repository file.
Password The password required to retrieve data from the repository file.
File Path The path to the repository file.
File Name The name of the repository file (an ASCII text file).
Automatically
Upload Every
The number of hours between uploads of data to the file.
Maximum Retries The maximum number of times the upload will be attempted after initial
failure.
Failure Wait Time How long in minutes before an attempt to upload data times out.