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Opening the Platform alerts view
From the UI main menu, do the following:
1. In a metro node:
a. Select Notifications.
b. In the Notifications, select PLATFORM ALERTS tab.
Hardware alerts view
The HARDWARE ALERTS view lists all hardware alerts generated through notification service for a corresponding iDRAC or
Monitor event. By default, hardware alerts are sorted in descending order by the last updated time. With the Show/Hide
Columns drop-down
, you can select all columns or only required columns to show in a table.
This screen shows the following information about platform alerts:
Column Description
Severity Indicates the urgency of alert:
CRITICAL-A condition has occurred that can obstruct the functionality or can lead to failure of the other
components.
ERROR-An error has occurred that has a significant impact on the system and must be rectified
immediately.
WARNING-An error has occurred that you should be aware of but does not have a significant impact on
the system. For example, a component is working, but its performance may not be optimum.
Message Indicates the cause of an event for which the alert is generated.
State Represents the state of the alert-OPEN, CLOSED, or ACK state.
OPEN-The alert is active and no action has been taken on it. The alert generating condition still persists
in the system. If the system administrator wants to reopen to pay attention to that event, the alert
status can also be changed to open from acknowledge state.
To reopen an alert: Select the checkbox corresponding to the alert, and then click OPEN.
ACK-After you view an alert and understand its contents, you can acknowledge that you have read
through the alert message.
To acknowledge an alert: Select the checkbox corresponding to the alert, and then click
ACKNOWLEDGE .
CLOSED-Once the problem condition is resolved, the event state is updated as closed. Once closed the
alerts cannot be reopened.
To close an alert: Select the checkbox corresponding to the alert, and then click CLOSE.
Severity Code Represents the numerical code for the corresponding severity of the alert.
Version Represents version of the certificate.
Category Represents category of the event (for example, Systems).
Message ID Indicates ID of the event record.
Count It represents the number of times the same alert is generated over the selected period. This column is
available for historical alerts only.
Appname Represents the device or application that originated the message.
Host Name Represents IP address or network name of the remote host.
Last Updated
(UTC)
Date and time when the status of the alert is last changed.
Creation Date
(UTC)
Date and time when the alert is generated.
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