Administrator Guide

For the status of a storage array, the icons shown in the following table are used in the Tree view, the Table view, and both the EMW
Status Bar and the AMW Status Bar.
Table 18. Status icons and description
Status Icon Description
Optimal Each component in the managed storage array is in the desired working
condition.
Needs Attention There is a problem with the managed storage array that requires your
intervention to correct it.
Unresponsive The storage management station cannot communicate with the storage array
or one RAID controller module or both RAID controller modules in the storage
array.
Fixing Status A Needs Attention status has been corrected, and the managed storage
array is transitioning to an Optimal state.
Unsupported The node is not supported by this version of MD Storage Manager.
Software Unsupported The storage array is running a level of software that is no longer supported by
the MD Storage Manager.
In the Table view, every managed storage array is listed once, regardless of the number of attachments it has in the Tree view. After the
storage array has been contacted by the MD Storage Manager, an icon representing its hardware status is displayed. Hardware status can
be Optimal, Needs Attention, or Fixing. If, however, all the network management connections from the storage management station to the
storage array shown in the Tree view are Unresponsive, the storage array status is represented as Unresponsive.
In the EMW Status Bar and the AMW Status Bar, the icons also have these behaviors:
• Hold the mouse over the icon in the EMW Status Bar and the AMW Status Bar to show a tooltip with a brief description of the status.
• The icons for the Needs Attention status and Unresponsive status are displayed in the EMW Status Bar and the AMW Status Bar if
there are discovered storage arrays with either condition.
The EMW Tree view has additional status icons that are shown in the following table.
Table 19. Additional status icons and description
Status Icon Description
Unsupported Alerts with a Needs Upgrade
Status
Setting an alert on a storage array with a
Needs Upgrade status is not supported. In
this case, the storage array shows both a
Needs Upgrade status and an
Unsupported Alerts icon in the Tree view.
The Unsupported Alerts icon indicates
that the storage array cannot be monitored.
Alert Set You can set alerts at any of the nodes in the
Tree view. Setting an alert at a parent node
level, such as at a host level, sets alert for
any child nodes. If you set an alert at a
parent node level and any of the in-band
storage array child nodes have a Needs
Upgrade status, the Alert Disables status
icon is displayed next to the parent node in
the tree view.
Setting an Alert at the Parent Node Level You can set alerts at any of the nodes in the
Tree view. Setting an alert at a parent node
level, such as at a host level, sets alert for
any child nodes. If you set an alert at a
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