Administrator Guide

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Event monitoring
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• Alert
• Critical
• Error
• Warning
• Marginal
• Notice
• Information
• Debug
Table 8 lists the event message severity levels displayed on the Switch Events tab and explains
what qualifies event messages to be certain levels.
On the Switch Events tab, you can click Filter to launch the Event Filter dialog box. The Event Filter
dialog box allows you to define which events should be displayed on the Switch Events tab. For
more information on filtering events, refer to “Filtering Switch Events” on page 49.
TABLE 8 Event severity levels
Icon and level Description
Emergency
Emergency-level messages indicate a partial or complete failure of a
subsystem.
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.
Alert
This event does not compromise data or prevent the use of the system;
however, the event warrants your 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. The failed power supply must be replaced or
fixed.
Notice
Notices report important events, such as task completions or events.
Info
Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system
components, such as the online and offline status of a fabric port.
Debug
Debug messages deliver status messages relating to debugging systems.