Item

Action

Edits alert

Activates alert

Deactivates alert

Deletes alert

Creating an alert definition

Observer has several predefined alerts within the application that cannot be changed or deleted from the system. The only action items for the predefined alerts is to activate, deactivate, or dismiss the alert. The following alerts are predefined.

Predefined alert

Description

 

 

UNKNOWN

All errors that are not otherwise defined.

 

 

AUDIT

Notifies an administrator if any software component is

 

not running or is configured incorrectly. The default

 

notification interval is every 5 minutes, though the

 

interval can be adjusted in HP Insight Environmental

 

Configurator.

 

 

Sensor requires

A sensor on the HP Rack Sensor Array requires service.

service

 

 

 

Warning Front

Rack front temperature is outside the recommended

Temperature

range. The default range is between 18°C and 27°C

 

(64.4°F and 80.6°F). You can adjust the temperature

 

range in HP Insight Environmental Configurator.

 

 

Critical Front

Rack front temperature is outside the recommended

Temperature

range. The default range is between 18°C and 27°C

 

(64.4°F and 80.6°F). You can adjust the temperature

 

range in HP Insight Environmental Configurator.

 

 

DAL_ERROR

Notifies an administrator of any critical issue with any

 

software component.

 

 

Circuit Current

Notifies an administrator if the current of any circuit that

above threshold

is monitored by BCMS is above the configured

 

threshold.

 

 

Circuit Power above

Notifies an administrator if the power of any circuit that

threshold

is monitored by BCMS is above the configured

 

threshold.

 

 

Circuit Power Factor

Notifies an administrator if the power factor of any

below threshold

circuit that is monitored by BCMS is below the

 

configured threshold.

 

 

Communication

Notifies an administrator if one or more data points

error

cannot be acquired. This alert is generated by wired

 

plug-ins such as Modbus, SNMP, XML, and web

 

services that are used in communicating data.

 

 

Circular

Notifies an administrator when circular dependency is

dependency in CRE

detected in a CRE rule. This alert is generated if the PUE

rule

calculation graph is configured incorrectly. For more

 

 

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