User Guide
Administration.....65
Data logging
If you enabled Serial Session Logging under the Data Buffering tab, you will be able to download
the logged data once a serial session to the enable port has been launched.
To download logged data:
1. Click the Targets tab in the title bar.
2. From the sidebar, click Serial Console then click on the target on which you enabled data
logging.
3. Click the Logs tab, then click Download Logs.
-or-
The log files can be accessed or downloaded from the appliance shell in the directory /log/DB.
Serial PDUports
Autosensing ports can discover attached serial PDUs or, if autosensing is disabled, be configured
for serial PDUmode. See Port configuration on page 50 to configure a port.
To configure a serial PDU port:
1. Click Targets - Serial Management.
2. Under the Serial PDU Ports tab, click the checkbox for each port you want to configure.
3. Click the Edit button.
a. Use the drop-down list to select the PDU type.
b. Check the box to enable speed auto detection.
c. Configure the polling rate.
d. Enter the power cycle interval.
e. Use the drop-down menus to enable or disable Syslog, Buzzer and SW Overcurrent
Protection.
4. Click Apply.
Serial rack PDU
When connecting an appliance's autosensing port to a Cyclades™ PM10/20 or Avocent
®
PM PDU,
a straight CAT5/CAT6 cable should be connected to the In/Console port of the PM PDU.