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Event Log continued
Retrieving the
Event Log by using
FTP, continued
3. Type get event.txt. The MasterSwitch
PDU
transmits the Event
Log, containing at least the last 300 events, to your specified drive.
The screen displays information similar to the following.
ftp>get event.txt
200 Command okay.
150 Opening data connection for event.txt
226 Closing data connection.
ftp: 3694 bytes received in 0.11Seconds
33.58Kbytes/sec.
ftp>
Using a
spreadsheet to
view the Event Log
To view the event.txt file after you obtain it, use a spreadsheet
application. The file is
TAB
-delimited for automatic formatting of
columns.
Note: When you import the event.txt file into a spreadsheet, the
spreadsheet may display the year in the date fields as only two
digits instead of the four digits logged and displayed by the
MasterSwitch
PDU
. To display the year as four digits, select a
four-digit date format in the spreadsheet.
The event.txt file also includes the following information that is not
shown in the Web and Control Console Event Log screens:
• The version of the event.txt file format (first field).
• The date and time at which the event.txt file was retrieved.
• The Name, Contact, Location, and
IP
address for the unit’s
Management Card.
• A unique Event Code for every type of event.
Deleting the Event
Log in the FTP
interface
To delete the Event Log, type del event.txt. You are not prompted
to confirm the deletion. The screen displays information similar to the
following:
ftp>del event.txt
250 Requested file action okay, completed.
ftp>
A new event.txt file is created immediately in response to the Deleted
Log event.