Table 19-3. Additional Status Icons

Status

Icon

Description

 

 

 

Unsupported Alerts

 

Setting an alert on a s storage array with a Needs

with a Needs

 

Upgrade status is not supported. In this case, the

Upgrade Status

 

storage array shows both a Needs Upgrade status

 

 

and an Unsupported Alerts icon in the Tree view.

 

 

The Unsupported Alerts icon indicates that the

 

 

storage array cannot be monitored.

Alert Set

 

If you installed the Event Monitor with MDSM,

 

 

and if you have set alerts, the Alert Set icon

 

 

appears next to the storage array status in the

 

 

Tree view for which the alerts have been set.

Setting an Alert at

 

You can set alerts at any of the nodes in the Tree

the Parent Node

 

view. Setting an alert at a parent node level, such

Level

 

as at a host level, sets alert fir any child nodes. If

 

 

you set an alert at a parent node level and any of

 

 

the in-band storage array child nodes have a

 

 

Needs Upgrade status, the Alert Disables status

 

 

icon appears next to the parent node in the tree

 

 

view.

Adding a Storage

 

The Contacting Storage Array icon is shown in

Array

 

the Tree view and Table view until the current

 

 

status of each managed storage array is known.

 

 

The Contacting Storage Array icon is shown in

 

 

the EMW Status Bar and the AMW Status Bar

 

 

and the tooltip shows Contacting Storage arrays.

 

 

As each storage array is contacted, its current

 

 

status is obtained and shown in the Tree view and

 

 

Table view. The applicable statuses are the

 

 

Optimal, Needs Attention, Fixing, or

 

 

Unresponsive.

Adding a Storage

 

No problems were encountered while adding the

Array OK

 

storage array.

 

 

MDSM software continues to check for any

 

 

status change events.

Adding a Storage

 

Appears only when an error occurs.

Array Error

 

 

 

 

 

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MD3200i, MD3220i specifications

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