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All status messages are converted to a common format that links each
received message to the affected resource in the Dell Management
Console database. These formatted messages are called alerts.
In the Event Console, when traps get generated from FC switches, ethernet
switches, or EMC arrays, the IP address of the device is displayed; however,
the name of the device is not displayed even though the device is already
discovered in Dell Management Console.
Event Console also provides a rule-based triggering system that lets you
process alerts in the following ways:
• Launch task server tasks in response to specific alerts.
If launch discovery tasks are available for some devices:
• Prevent specific alerts from being stored in the alert database.
• Forward alerts to another management system.
For more information on Event Console, see the Symantec documentation
from Help Context.
On the left hand side of the Resource Manager screen, you can view basic
information about the device along with the connection state of the device.
The connection state displays whether the device is online or not.
In the Right-click actions section, a set of actions that can be performed
on the device are displayed. This action list is context-sensitive,
and the actions displayed depend on the type of the device being examined
(a system, out-of-band device, printer, and so on.)
In the Event Console an exclamatory sign is shown against an event that is
received more than once. This is a different representation from previous
releases, and is added for better representation for alerts that are repeatedly
received and need immediate action.
If you open the Event Console from the Monitored Resources By Status
Web part on the Monitor portal page, then only the Monitor solution related
alerts are displayed. For viewing all the SNMP alerts, select the Manage
Event Console link.
When same events are sent to the Dell Management Console, Event Console
in a certain sequence and time interval, instead of updating the event count,
event may be shown multiple times, even though the event is of the same
source, criticality and category.
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