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Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

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3-20 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
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Monitoring Events
Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events. Event information includes sortable fields for
the following:
• Switch name
• Message number
• Time stamp
• Indication of whether the event is from a logical switch or a chassis
• The number of successive events of the same kind
• Severity level
• Unique message identifier (in the form moduleID-messageType)
• Detailed error message for root cause analysis
There are four message severity levels: Critical, Error, Warning, and Info. Table 3-1 lists the event
message severity levels displayed in the Switch and Fabric Events windows, and explains what qualifies
event messages to be certain levels.
In both the Switch Events window and the Fabric Events window, you can click the Filter button to
launch the Filter Events dialog box. The Filter Events dialog box allows you to define which events
should be displayed in the Switch Events window or Fabric Events window. For more information on
filtering events, see “Filtering Fabric and Switch Events” on page 3-23.
Table 3-1 Event Severity Levels
Icon and Level Description
Critical
Critical-level messages indicate that the software has detected serious problems
that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a subsystem if not
corrected immediately; for example, a power supply failure or rise in temperature
must receive immediate attention.
Error
Error-level messages represent an error condition that does not impact overall
system functionality significantly. For example, error-level messages might
indicate timeouts on certain operations, failures of certain operations after retries,
invalid parameters, or failure to perform a requested operation.
Warning
Warning-level messages highlight a current operating condition that should be
checked or it might lead to a failure in the future. For example, a power supply
failure in a redundant system relays a warning that the system is no longer
operating in redundant mode and that the failed power supply needs to be replaced
or fixed.
Info
Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system
components; for example, the online and offline status of a fabric port.