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3 – Managing Fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Displaying Fabric Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Severity is indicated in the severity column using icons as described in Table 3-2.

 

 

 

Table 3-2. Severity Levels

 

 

 

 

 

Severity

Description

 

Icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm – An Alarm is a "serviceable event". This means that attention by

 

 

 

the user or field service is required. Alarms are posted asynchronously

 

 

 

to the screen and cannot be turned off. If the alarm denotes that a

 

 

 

system error has occurred the customer and/or field representative will

 

 

 

generally be directed to provide a "show support" capture of the switch.

 

 

 

Critical event – An event that indicates a potential failure. Critical log

 

 

 

messages are events that warrant notice by the user. By default, these

 

 

 

log messages will be posted to the screen. Critical log messages do not

 

 

 

have alarm status as they require no immediate attention from a user or

 

 

 

service representative.

 

 

 

Warning event – An event that indicates errors or other conditions that

 

 

 

may require attention to maintain maximum performance. Warning

 

 

 

messages will not be 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

 

No icon

 

Informative – An unclassified event that provides supporting

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

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 SANsurfer Switch Manager session, but you can save these events to a file on the workstation before you close SANsurfer Switch Manager 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 4-15.

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