Avocent PS/2 KVM Switch User Manual


 
Single port PS2 KVM over IP
Figure 5.19: Event Log Settings
. Internal Log
The common way to log events is to use the internal log list of PS/2 KVM over IP switch. To
show the log list, click on ’Event Log’ on the ’Maintenance’ page and then use the ’Prev’
and ’Next’ button to browse through the events. In the Event Log Settings you can choose
how many log entries are shown on each page. Furthermore you can clear the log file here.
Since PS/2 KVM over IP switch’s system memory is used to save all the information, the
maximum number of possible log list entries is restricted to 1000 events. Every entry that
exeeds this limit overrides the oldest one automatically.
Attention: If the reset button on the HTML frontend is used to restart PS/2 KVM over IP
switch, all logging information is saved permanently and is available after PS/2 KVM over IP
switch has been started. If PS/2 KVM over IP switch loses power or a hard reset is performed,
all logging data will be lost. To avoid this, use one of the following log methods.
. SMTP Log
With this option, PS/2 KVM over IP switch is able to send Emails to an address given by the