Reference Guide

602 Storage Management Alert Reference
Alert Severity Levels
Each alert message in the Storage Management alert log has a severity level. The severity level is
displayed in the Severity field of the alert message. The severity level indicates the nature of the alert.
The alert severity levels are as follows:
SNMP Support for Storage Management Alerts
By default, Storage Management installs SNMP trap forwarding support. For this support to function,
you should have SNMP installed on the managed system prior to installing Storage Management.
NOTE: For more information on installation requirements and SNMP, see the Server Administrator documentation.
SNMP Trap Forwarding
The Storage Management alerts are displayed in the Server Administrator alert log and are forwarded to
the Windows application alert log. If you have SNMP installed on the managed system (and the
SNMP service is running), the Storage Management alerts in the Windows application alert log will be
forwarded as SNMP traps. In order for these traps to be viewable, however, a target system or application
must be configured to receive these traps. SNMP traps that are generated by Storage Management can
be viewed in any standard SNMP-compatible enterprise management console.
The Windows SNMP service must be configured to forward the SNMP traps to the target system or
application. When forwarding to an application, the application should also be configured to receive the
SNMP traps. The IT Assistant application is already configured to receive the SNMP traps generated by
Storage Management.
Table 26-1. Storage Management Alert Severity
Alert Severity Component Status
OK/Normal/Informational No action is required. The alert is provided for informational purposes and does
not indicate an error condition. For example, the alert may indicate the normal
start or stop of an operation.
Warning/Non-critical A component requires attention. This alert indicates a potential problem, but
does not necessarily mean that the system has currently lost data or is
nonfunctional. For example, a Warning/Non-critical alert may indicate that a
component (such as a temperature probe in an enclosure) has crossed a
warning threshold.
Critical/Failure/Error A component has either failed or failure is imminent. This alert indicates a
serious problem such as data loss or a loss of function. For example, a
Critical/Failure/Error alert may indicate that an array disk has failed.