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Understanding the Switch Agent Interface
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Logging Tab
The Logging tab provides a complete view of the logs of active switches. The logs provide you with a system
snapshot that you can use to view error and status messages. The logs provide detailed status information that is
especially useful to Avid Customer Support personnel for monitoring system status during prolonged operations.
Advanced Tab
The Advanced tab contains configuration utilities, installation logs, and diagnostic tools used by Avid Customer
Support personnel used to troubleshoot problems with the media network. You can also use the Advanced tab to set
the integrated switches back to the factory defaults. This might be necessary to reset the IP addresses of system
components if your Avid ISIS system experiences network communication problems.
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Use of the tools in the Advanced tab can result in degraded system performance or loss of data. The tools
should be used by Avid Customer Support personnel or under Avid Customer Support direction.
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Allow you to run low-level tests to generate data to identify problems
with components in the media network
Tool Description (Continued)
Tool Description
System Entries to view Specifies the number of entries to view. Specify 0 to view all entries.
Log to view Selects the log to view.
Log to clear Selects the log to clear.
Kernel Ring Buffer The Kernel Ring Buffer displays logs maintained by the Linux kernel.
These logs are used by Avid Customer Support.
Tool Description
System Tools Reboot Reboots the switch.
Issue shell command Provides a text field to issue shell commands directly to the switch.
Agent Settings Configuration Adds or changes switch configuration option values.
System Files bus_watcher
Installation Logs (*.log) Provides read-only access to switch installation logs.
Switch Blade Reboot an ISB Restarts the selected Storage Manager (ISB).
Reset to factory defaults Resets the chassis to factory default settings; for more information, see
“Resetting an Avid ISIS Engine to Factory Defaults” on page 162.
Management port
configuration
Changes the network settings for the Switch Blade management port.