Avocent ACS 5000 Manual De Usuario
NOTE: You can perform advanced configuration in Expert mode including the option of setting up data buffering
separately for individual or groups of serial ports.
separately for individual or groups of serial ports.
To configure data buffering:
1.
Select Step 4: Data Buffering.
2.
Click the Enable Data Buffering checkbox. The Destination pull-down menu appears.
3.
Select a location for the data files from the Destination pull-down menu (either Local or
Remote). Additional pull-down menus and fields appear, depending on which destination
is selected.
Remote). Additional pull-down menus and fields appear, depending on which destination
is selected.
4.
When the destination is local, perform the following steps.
a.
From the Mode pull-down menu, select Circular or Linear data buffering.
b.
Type a file size in bytes into the File Size (Bytes) field. The file size should be greater
than zero.
than zero.
5.
When the destination is Remote, perform the following step.
a.
In the NFS File Path field, enter the pathname for the mount point of the directory
where data buffer file is to be stored. For example, if the mount point directory’s
pathname is /var/adm/acslogs, enter
where data buffer file is to be stored. For example, if the mount point directory’s
pathname is /var/adm/acslogs, enter
/var/adm/acslogs
in the field.
NOTE: The NFS server must already be configured with the mount point shared (exported) and the shared
directory from the NFS server must be mounted on the console server.
directory from the NFS server must be mounted on the console server.
6.
To cause a timestamp to be saved with the data in the data buffer file, enable the Record
the timestamp in the data buffering file.
the timestamp in the data buffering file.
7.
Select an option from the Show Menu pull-down menu. The choices are: show all options,
No, Show data buffering file only and Show without the erase options.
No, Show data buffering file only and Show without the erase options.
8.
Click apply changes or continue the configuration.
Step 6: System Log
Selecting Step 6: System Log displays a form for identifying one or more syslog servers to
receive syslog messages generated by the console server’s serial ports. Syslogging for IPDUs is
also possible if IPDU power management is configured.
receive syslog messages generated by the console server’s serial ports. Syslogging for IPDUs is
also possible if IPDU power management is configured.
NOTE: To configure syslog with data buffering features for specific ports, switch to the Expert mode, Ports -
Physical Ports - Modify Selected Ports - Data Buffering.
Physical Ports - Modify Selected Ports - Data Buffering.
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