HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
This status provides useful information about
the port. No attention is required.
• Starting indicates that the element is
starting.
• Stopping indicates that element is
stopping.
• Dormant indicates that the element is
inactive.
• Other indicates that additional
information is available, but it does not
fit into the previously listed categories.
Starting, Stopping, Dormant, Power Mode,
Other
Related topics
• System tab for a tape library
• System tab for a storage switch
Software status types
The following table describes HP SIM system software status types:
DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
An update that contains a critical bug fix is
available for this system.
Major
An update that contains new hardware
support or bug fixes is available for this
system.
Minor
All components on the system match the
repository.
Normal
The system is suspended. No software status
is available.
Disabled
The CMS could not reach the HP Version
Control Agent on the system, so the status
of the system is unknown.
Informational
The HP VCA cannot communicate with HP
Version Control Repository Manager (HP
VCRM).
Unknown
NOTE: The Unknown status appears for server systems only under the following circumstances:
The HP VCA is not installed on the managed server.•
• The HP VCA is installed on a server, but that server does not have a trust relationship established with
HP SIM.
• The operating system on the target server is not supported. Windows and Linux operating systems are
supported.
• The correct version of the agent is not on the target system.
• The target server type brand is not supported (only HP or Compaq brand servers are supported).
• The target system is not licensed for monitoring by the HP Performance Management Pack (PMP). The
target system must have the HP Insight Management Agent 6.20 or later installed.
• PMP reports an indeterminate status for the system.
230 Monitoring systems, clusters, and events