Reference Guide

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Global Parameters
Use the Global Parameters page to enable/disable logging for the following
logging severity levels.
• Emergency — If the device is down or not functioning properly, an
emergency log message is saved to the specified logging location.
•
Alert — An alert log is saved if there is a serious device malfunction, for
example, all device features are down.
•
Critical — A critical log is saved if a critical device malfunction occurs, for
example, two device ports are not functioning, while the rest of the device
ports remain functional.
•
Error — A device error has occurred, for example, a single port is offline.
•
Warning — The lowest level of a device warning. The device is
functioning, but an operational problem has occurred.
•
Notice — Provides device information to which you might have to
respond.
•
Informational — Provides device information to which you do not have to
respond.
•
Debug — Provides debugging messages.
If you enable logging, some events are automatically logged, and in addition,
you can enable/disable specific types of logging and set their destination.
To configure logging:
1
Click System > Logs > Global Parameters in the tree view to display the
Global Parameters page.
2 Enable/disable logging in the Logging drop-down list. Console logs are
enabled by default, and cannot be disabled.
3 If Logging is enabled, select the types of events to be logged in addition to
the events that are always logged:
–
Log Authentication Events — Enable/disable generating logs when
users are authenticated.
–
Log Copy Files Events — Enable/disable generating logs when files
are copied.