Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC Storage Systems Events and Alerts Guide for the metro node appliance
- Contents
- Events and Alerts
- UI overview
- Platform alerts
- Hardware alerts
- Alert states
- Scope of the events
- Sorting and filtering alerts
- Download .csv
- Default and hidden columns
- Live alerts
- Alerts roll-up
- Historical alerts
- Alerts on remote director
- Configure alerts
- Service Monitoring Alert
- Test alerts for platform, monitor, and SMS
- Heartbeat alerts
- Mail notification
- Configure emailing notification
- Test email alert
- Supported events
● Disabled-CLOSED rolled-up historical alert
● Entries for the Live alerts which got rolled-up
Alerts on remote director
User has option to view the alerts on the remote directors also. The director selection can be done from the drop-down option
available on the alerts listing page.
These alerts on the remote director can be viewed, and the state change operation can also be performed on them.
The user can also disable the alert on the remote director. To disable the alert, selecting the alert on the alerts listing page, and
then click the Disable Alerts button from the MORE drop-down.
Configure alerts
A feature is provided in the UI where user can configure the platform alerts that are to be received as per the requirement. The
user can choose at multiple levels like for which component or condition Id the user wants to see the alerts.
Disable or enable platform alerts
A user can disable or enable alerts at multiple levels:
● Condition ID level
● Component level
● Disabling Notifications
Disabling the alerts from UI means that the user does not want to see the alerts in the UI, but it does not mean that the
generation of the alert is stopped. The alerts keep on generating and are stored in the database.
Condition ID level
The alerts can be disabled at the condition ID level which means that the future alerts that are associated with that particular
condition ID are not displayed in the UI.
Steps:
1. In the UI, go to the Settings.
2. Select Notifications from drop-down. The Configure Alerts page is displayed.
3. To select the alert configuration from the list, select the check box .
4. Select the Disable Alerts from the MORE drop-down.
5. A Disable Alert Confirmation window is displayed, click YES to disable the selected alert.
If user enables it again, then it starts showing up future alerts that are associated with the condition ID in the UI.
Component level
The alerts can be disabled at the component level which means that the future alerts that are associated with that particular
component are not displayed in the UI.
Steps:
1. In the UI, go to the Settings.
2. Select Notifications from drop-down. The Configure Alerts page is displayed.
3. Click the CONFIGURE NOTIFICATIONS button. A Configure Notification window is displayed.
4. In the Platform Alerts section, to disable the particular component, switch the button, and then click CLOSE to close the
window.
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