NOTE: Events (alarms, critical, warning, and informative) generated by the application are not saved on the switch. They are permanently discarded when you close a McDATA Web Server session, but you can save these events to a file on the workstation before you close McDATA Web Server and read it later with a text editor or browser.

Events generated by the switch are stored on switch, and will be retrieved when the application is restarted. Some alarms are configurable. Refer to ”Configuring port threshold alarms” on page 73.

Sorting the Event Browser

Sorting the Event Browser enables you to display the events in alphanumeric order based on the event severity, timestamp, source, type, or description. Initially, the Event Browser is sorted in ascending order by timestamp. Successive sort operations of the same type alternate between ascending and descending order. To sort the Event Browser, choose one of the following:

•Click the Severity, Timestamp, Source, Type, or Description columns.

•Select Sort > By Severity, By Timestamp, By Source, By Type, or By Description.

Filtering the Event Browser

Filtering the Event Browser enables you to display only those events that are of interest based on the event severity, timestamp, source, type, and description. Select Filter > Filter Entries in the Events Browser window to open the Filter Events dialog shown in Figure 22. The Event Browser displays those events that meet all of the criteria in the Filter Events dialog. If the filtering criteria is cleared or changed, then all the events that were previously hidden that satisfy the new criteria will be shown.

You can filter the event browser the following ways:

•Severity — select one or more of the corresponding options to display alarm events, critical events, warning events, or informative events.

•Date/Time — select one or both of the From: and To: options. Enter the bounding timestamps (MM/dd/yy hh:mm:ss aa) to display only those events that fall within those times. ("aa" indicates AM or PM.) The current year (yy) can be entered as either 2 or 4 digits. For example, 12/12/03 will be interpreted December 12, 2003.

•Text — select one or more of the corresponding options and enter a text string (case sensitive) for event source, type, and description. The Event Browser displays only those events that satisfy all of the search specifications for the Source, Type, and Description text.

Figure 22 Filter Events dialog