Q-Logic SANBOX2-8C/16 manual Severity Levels, Description Icon

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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 any event that’s 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
			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 4-14.

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