HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: HP Insight Management Agent for Servers for Windows continues to use the terms Normal,
Degraded, Failed, and Inaccessible. Minor and Major statuses are only associated with systems running
these agents.
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WBEM operational status types
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:
DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
HP SIM can no longer communicate with the
element.
• Nonrecoverable 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
must 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 might be functioning
normally, but an element that 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
The element is suspended.
• In Service indicates that the element is
being configured.
• Stopped indicates that element is
stopped.
In service, Stopped
No management information about the
element could be obtained.
• Unknown indicates that the element status
is not available.
• No Contact indicates that the element
exists, but HP SIM has never been able
to communicate with it.
Unknown, No contact
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