3Com Version 4.3 Drums User Manual


 
Chapter 11. Logging
Once every minute the load on all interfaces is scanned and saved to a local file. Every file contains 240 samples
and a file generation consists of 42 files. The first generation of files contains samples for the last week
(approximately). Every new file generation is created by merging two consecutive samples, enabling the storing of
samples for the double time period in the same disk space. Merging the samples include calculation of the
minimum, average and maximum values for the time interval covered by the samples. After ten generations (about
19 years) the samples are deleted.
Time Period
Select a time period or enter a period of your own choice in the bottom fields. The date is written as a year with two
or four digits, month (01-12) and day (01-31). The optional punctuation between year, month and day must be dash
(-). Time is written as two digits for the hour, two digits for the minute and possibly two digits for the second,
although the seconds can be left out. The optional punctuation between hours, minutes and seconds must be colon
(:) or period (.).
Interface
You can select one or more of the Telecommuting Module’s interfaces or the total traffic. Selecting more than one
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