® Event Log User’s Guide
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Contents Preface Who Should Read This Guide ............................................................................................. vii What Is in This Guide ......................................................................................................... vii Getting Help ....................................................................................................................... viii Chapter 1 Introduction Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM .................................
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Preface Who Should Read This Guide Welcome to the Event Log User’s Guide. You should read this guide if you are going to monitor SpectroSERVER events. Prior to using the Event Log, you should be familiar with basic SPECTRUM concepts as described in the following documents: Getting Started with SPECTRUM for Operators The Operator’s area of the SPECTRUM Documentation Roadmap. What Is in This Guide This guide shows you how to use Event Log to monitor SPECTRUM events.
Getting Help Getting Help For additional support for SPECTRUM products, or to make comments or suggestions regarding SPECTRUM or this manual, contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support via one of the following means: Location Mail FAX Telephone 603-337-3075 603-337-3500 (*)-44-635-552062 (*)-44-635-580000 Europe Cabletron Systems, Ltd. Network House Newbury Business Park London Road, Newbury Berkshire, England RG13 2PZ E-mail: eurospec@ctron.
Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter details how to use Event Log in conjunction with SpectroGRAPH and as a standalone application. The Event Log provides a fault isolation tool that allows network administrators to determine what network events are occurring and allows them to access this information quickly. It maintains an historical logged database of all network events.
Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM Operating the Event Log via a Remote VNM The Event Log can be run from your local SPECTRUM directory with SpectroSERVER and SpectroGRAPH installed on your local drive, or in a stand-alone mode using a remote SpectroSERVER. If you install just the Event Log locally and use it in a stand-alone mode, you must use command line instructions to set the proper environment variables and start the application.
Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH Starting the Event Log from the Command Line Starting the Event Log from the Command Line To start the Event Log from the command line, in the SPECTRUM directory, change directories to the SG-Support/CsExtProcess directory (which contains the Event Log executable) and type the following: EventLog -vnm Example: NOTE /SG-Support/CsExtProcess EventLog-vnm If the error message, “Location on : no model in Spect
Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH To access the Event Log from a Landscape model, highlight the Landscape icon and select View -> Icon Subviews-> Landscape Events. This will display events for only that landscape.
Starting the Event Log from SpectroGRAPH To access the Event View for a specific model or models, click on the model icon to highlight it (use the Shift key to select multiple models) and select View -> Icon Subviews -> Events. This will bring up Event Log against only the selected models, and will display any events that are on those models. If any of the selected models are container models (LAN_802_3, IPClassB, etc.), all events on devices contained within the container model will also be displayed.
Splash Window Splash Window A “splash” window is displayed when the Event Log is started and will remain displayed until the application is done processing the necessary data to display the Event Log’s main window. This dialog, shown below, contains the copyright date, release version, Event Log icon, and the application name.
Chapter 2 Managing Events with the Event Log This chapter describes the Event Log main window and details how to use the application’s features for managing events. Event Log Main Window The main Event Log window is composed of the following three panels: • Event Information Panel displays detailed information on the selected event. • Event List Panel displays a list of current, non-filtered events. • Filter/Search Panel filters or searches the list for specific data by column category.
Event Log Main Window Event Information Panel Figure 2-1. Event Log Main Window Event Information Panel Event List Panel Search/ Filter Panel Event Information Panel The Event Information Panel displays detailed information about the event selected in the Event List. Device Icon The icon for the device or application associated with the event (if applicable). The right mouse button activates the icon’s drop-down menu from anywhere in the view.
Event Log Main Window Event List Panel Event List Panel The Event List Panel displays a scrollable list of all events that fit the current filtering and sorting criteria. Date/Time Displays the date and time that the event occurred. Model Name Displays the model name of the device or application that generated the event. Model Type Displays the model type of the device or application that generated the event. Event Code Displays the Event Code of the event.
Event Log Main Window View This menu allows you to view various information about the Event Log application. Show Tool Bar Toggles on/off the display of the tool bar. Show Tool Tips Toggles on/off the display of the tool bar icon descriptions. Show Status Help Toggles on/off the display of status help in the status bar. Connection Status Information Selecting this option accesses a dialog that show the status connection of the SpectroSERVER to which you are connected.
Event Log Main Window Event Log Toolbar Help This menu provides selections that allow you to access information about using the Event Log. What’s This Selecting this option puts you in the “What’s This?” help mode, indicated by a question mark added to the cursor. While in this mode, click on an area of the screen or a toolbar button to get help on that item. About Event Log Selecting this option displays a dialog that provides application version and copyright information.
Event Paging Scheme Dialog Buttons Dialog Buttons Each Event Log dialog provides all or some of the following buttons. OK Sets your new filter parameters and closes the dialog. Reset Resets the filter selections to the default parameters, and leaves the dialog open. Clear Clears all filters, and leaves the dialog open. If you click OK, all alarms in the network will be displayed. Cancel Closes the dialog without any changes in the filter settings.
Event Paging Scheme The Event Page Time Panel includes the following display options: Start shows the starting date and time of the event range or page currently displayed in the Event List. End shows the ending date and time of the event range or page currently displayed in the Event List. Length shows the length of time (days+hours:minutes:seconds) currently displayed in the Event List. Apply requests the event data for the specified time range to be displayed in the Event List.
Filtering Events Filtering Events You can establish the criteria by which the list of events is displayed by setting filters. These filtering subsets make it possible for you to customize your Event Log application to display events appropriate to your networking needs. Only those events that meet all filtering criteria set by the user are displayed. The Filter dialog, shown below, displays two tabbed pages for setting various types of event filters.
Sorting Events Sorting Events You can modify the Event Log to best suit your needs by selecting a parameter on which to sort the events through the Sort dialog, shown below. You may only sort on one parameter at a time. To sort events: 1. Select Sort... from the View drop-down menu or click the sort toolbar button. 2. Select the desired sort field.
Column Order Column Order You can select which columns to show or hide in the Event List, and arrange the order, left to right, in which they appear through the Column Order dialog, shown below. To change the column order displayed in the Event List: 1. Select Column Order... from the View drop-down menu bar or click the Column Order toolbar button. 2. Select the desired column order.
Setting Preferences Setting Preferences You can change the startup defaults of the Event Log to best suit your needs by using the Application Preferences dialog box. The dialog box allows you to customize and save preference settings, which provides persistence from one run of Event Log to another (when you save the changes by using the Make Changes Permanent button). You access the dialog box from the Options menu.
Setting Preferences The Connection preference page fields are: Connection Confirmation Interval (60000ms/60 seconds) The number of milliseconds between requests to the server asking if it is still responding. Connection Confirmation Timeout (60000ms/60 seconds) The number of milliseconds to wait for an answer from the server confirming it is still responding. Connection Retry Timeout (20000) Time for the client to wait for SpectroSERVER to establish the initial connection before returning an error.
Setting Preferences The Display preference page fields are: 9032583 E1 Display Current Events (selected) Determines if the current event page is displayed. Display Current Interval (seconds) The time, in seconds, between updates of currently displayed events in the Event List. Iconify At Startup (deselected) If selected, the main window is iconified at startup. Maximum Events (5000) The maximum number of events that can be shown in the Event List.
Iconized Event Log Iconized Event Log When the Event Log window is iconized, it appears as an icon containing an clock and a notebook as shown in Figure 2-2. To restore the Event Log window to its original size, double-click on the alarm clock icon or choose Restore from the window manager menu. Figure 2-2.
