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NOTE: You canperformadvancedconfigurationinExpertmodeincludingtheoptionof settingupdata buffering
separatelyfor individualor groupsofserialports.
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
isselected.
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
thanzero.
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 /var/adm/acslogs in the field.
NOTE: The NFS server mustalreadybeconfigured withthe mountpointshared(exported) and the shared
directoryfrom the NFSserver mustbemountedon the consoleserver.
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.
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.
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.
NOTE: To configuresyslogwithdatabufferingfeaturesfor specificports,switchto the Expertmode,Ports-
PhysicalPorts-ModifySelectedPorts- DataBuffering.
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