Manage the flash log – NETGEAR MS510TXPP 8 Port Gigabit PoE Managed Switch User Manual

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Smart Managed Pro Switches MS510TX and MS510TXPP

Monitor the System

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The syslog message includes the following fields:

Date

Time

Module (AAA in the previous examples).

Severity (I in the previous examples).

Action (DISSCONNECT and CONNECT in the previous examples).

Description (http connection for user admin, source 10.5.70.19 destination
10.5.234.201 TERMINATED in the first example; http connection for user admin,
source 10.5.70.19 destination 10.5.234.201 ACCEPTED in the second example.)

8.

To refresh the page with the latest information about the switch, click the

Refresh

button.

9.

To clear the messages from the buffered log in the memory, click the

Clear

button.

Manage the Flash Log

The flash log is a persistent log, that is, is a log that is stored in persistent storage. Persistent
storage survives across platform reboots.

To manage and view the flash log:

1.

Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.

You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.

2.

Launch a web browser.

3.

In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

If you do not know the IP address of the switch, see

Access the Switch on page

14

.

The login window opens.

4.

Enter the switch’s password in the

Password

field.

The default password is

password

.

The System Information page displays.

5.

Select

Monitoring > Logs > FLASH Logs

.

The FLASH Log Configuration page displays. The page also shows the FLASH Logs
section.

6.

Select one of the following Admin Status radio buttons:

Enable

. A log that is enabled logs messages.

Disable

. A log that is disabled does not log messages.

7.

From the

Severity Filter

menu, select the logging level for messages that must be sent to

the logging host.

Log messages with the selected severity level and all log messages of greater severity
are sent to the host. For example, if you select

Error

, the logged messages include Error,

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