HP 2/8q Fibre Channel manual Severity Icon Description

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Figure 13: Event Browser

Note:

■Events that are generated by the application are not saved on the switch. They are permanently discarded when you close a Switch Manager session, but you can save these events to a file on the workstation before closing Switch Manager and can read it later with a text editor or browser.

■Events that are generated by the switch are stored on the switch, and retrieved when the application is restarted. Some alarms are configurable. See “Configuring port threshold alarms” on page 66.

Table 7: Event severity levels

Severity Icon	Description
	Alarm—An Alarm is any event that is a “serviceable event.” This means that
	attention by the user or field service is required. Alarms are events that get
	posted asynchronously to the screen. Alarms cannot be turned off. If the alarm
	denotes that a system error has occurred, the customer or field representative
	will be directed to provide a “show support” capture of the switch.
	Critical Event—An event generated by the Switch Manager application and
	indicates a potential failure. Critical log messages are events that warrant
	notice by the user. By default, these log messages are posted to the screen.
	Critical log messages do not have alarm status because they require no
	immediate attention from a user or service representative.
	Warning Event—An event generated by the Switch Manager application that
	indicates errors or other conditions that may require attention to maintain
	maximum performance. Warning messages are not posted to the screen unless
	the log is configured to do so. Warning messages are not disruptive and
	therefore do not meet the criteria of Critical. The user need not be informed
	asynchronously.
	Informative—An unclassified event generated by the Switch Manager
No icon	application that provides supporting information.

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