HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

DescriptionIcon MeaningStatus Icon
HP SIM cannot obtain management
information about the system using SNMP
or DMI . Although no management
instrumentation information is available, the
system can be pinged. It might have an
invalid community string or security setting,
or it might be an IP address that is no longer
associated with a system.
Unknown
The system might be in a transitional state
or a non-error state.
Informational
The system has not been polled by one or
more of the polling tasks since the system
was discovered.
No Status
NOTE: HP Insight Management Agent for Servers for Windows continues to use the terms Normal,
Degraded, Failed, and Inaccessible. Minor and Major status are only associated with systems running these
agents.
Related topic
▲ System table view page
WBEM operational status types
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) reports WBEM operational status for storage and server elements,
such as storage switch ports and filled memory slots. The following statuses are available:
DescriptionIcon MeaningStatus Icon
HP SIM can no longer communicate with the
element.
• Non-recoverable indicates that the
element has failed, and recovery is not
possible.
• Lost communication indicates that the
element was previously discovered but
is currently unreachable.
Non-recoverable error, Lost communication
A major problem exists with this system and
should be addressed immediately.
• Predictive Failure indicates that the
element is functioning nominally, but a
failure is likely to occur in the near future.
• Error indicates that the element is in an
error state.
• Aborted indicates that the element's
functionality has stopped abruptly. The
element's configuration might need to be
updated.
• Supporting Entity in Error indicates that
the element may be functioning normally,
but an element it depends on is in an
error state.
Predictive Failure, Error, Aborted,
Supporting Entity in Error
A minor problem exists with this element.
▲ Degraded indicates that the element is
not operating at optimal performance or
might be reporting recoverable errors.
▲ Stressed indicates that the element is
functioning but needs attention.
Degraded, Stressed
The element is operating normally.OK
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