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22 DSView Installer/User Guide
5. Restart the Avocent Auth Server service under Settings - Control Panel - Services if you wish
to begin logging information in the ConsoleAuthServer.log or DSBackup.log file.
- or -
Stop and restart the Avocent Secure Protocol Manager if you wish to begin logging
information in the Trace.log file.
To disable logging within a log file:
1. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
2. Click Debug. The Debug dialog box will appear.
3. Clear the Enable checkbox of the log file for which you wish to quit logging information.
4. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box.
5. Close the DSView software session.
6. Restart the Avocent Auth Server service under Settings - Control Panel - Services if you wish
to disable the logging of information in the ConsoleAuthServer.log or DSBackup.log file.
- or -
Stop and restart the Avocent Secure Protocol Manager if you wish to disable the logging of
information in the Trace.log file.
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Trap Logging
(Windows NT/2000/XP Only)
The DSAuth software may be configured to log enterprise (SNMP) traps sent by DS appliances.
An SNMP trap is a notification sent by a DS appliance to a host system indicating that an event has
occurred in the DS appliance that may require further attention.
SNMP is a protocol used to communicate management information between network management
applications and DS appliances using TCP/IP and IPX protocols. Other SNMP managers (such as
Tivoli
®
and HP OpenView) may communicate with your DS appliance by accessing MIB-II
(Management Information Base) and the public portion of the enterprise MIB. MIB-II is a standard
MIB that many SNMP target devices support. When you access a DS appliance for the first time,
the DSAuth software will retrieve the SNMP parameters from the DS appliance.
DS appliances are defined on the host by criteria such as system information, which stations may
manage the DS appliance, which stations may receive SNMP traps from the switch and the
community to which they belong. If you select Options - System Settings from the DSAuth software
window and then check Enable SNMP trap log in the Global Settings dialog box, the appliance will
log SNMP received messages over UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port 162.
The traps must be configured on each DS appliance using the Command Line Interface (CLI). The
address of the server running the DSAuth software must be configured as a trap recipient, the
proper community must be set, and each desired trap must be enabled.