McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RW20B-TE, December 2005)

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Displaying the Event Browser
The Event Browser displays a list of events generated by the switches in the fabric and the switch
management application. Events that are generated by the application are not saved on the switch, but
can be saved to a file during the switch management session.
To display the Event Browser in McDATA Web Server, choose one of the following:
• Select Fabric > Show Event Browser.
• Click Events on the tool bar.
To display the Event Browser in McDATA Element Manager, select View > Show Event Browser.
NOTE: If the Show Event Browser selection or the Events button is grayed-out, you must first enable the
Events Browser using the Preferences dialog. See ”Setting preferences” on page 16 for more information. If
the Event Browser is enabled using the Preferences dialog, the next time the switch management
application is started, all events from the switch log will be displayed. If the Event Browser is disabled when
switch management application is started and later enabled, only those events from the time the Event
Browser was enabled and forward will be displayed.
Entries in the Event Browser shown in Figure 19 are formatted by severity, time stamp, source, type, and
description. The maximum number of entries allowed in the Event Browser is 10,000. The maximum
number of entries allowed on a switch is 1200. Once the maximum is reached, the event list wraps and the
oldest events are discarded and replaced with the new events. Event entries from the switch, use the switch
time stamp, while event entries generated by the application have a workstation time stamp. You can filter,
sort, and export the contents of the Event Browser to a file. The Event Browser begins recording when
enabled and switch management application is running.
Figure 19 Event Browser
Column sorting
buttons
Severity
column