Administrator Guide

Storage Center Monitoring
Alerts
Alerts represent current issues present on the storage system, which clear themselves automatically if the situation that caused them is
corrected. Indications warn you about a condition on the storage system that might require direct user intervention to correct.
Status Levels for Alerts and Indications
Status levels indicate the severity of storage system alerts and indications.
Table 9. Alert and Indication Status Levels
Status Description
Okay/Inform Provide information regarding some operation that is occurring or has occurred on the Storage
Center.
Degraded Indicates an item on the Storage Center is currently operating in a degraded mode. Items in this
condition may operate in degraded mode indefinitely, but are not functioning to their full capability.
Down Indicates an item on the Storage Center is down and not currently operational.
Critical Indicates an item on the Storage Center is in a critical state and may be nearing failure.
Complete Indicates that an operation on the Storage Center has completed.
Emergency Indicates an item on the Storage Center requires immediate attention in order to remain operational.
Deleting Indicates that an item on the Storage Center has been deleted.
Unavailable Indicates that an item on the Storage Center that is expected to be present cannot currently be found
for use.
Undefined Indicates a condition on the Storage Center that is not defined by one of the other categories.
Warning Indicates a condition on the Storage Center that decreases performance or can become critical if it is
not corrected.
View Storage Center Alerts
Alerts represent current issues present on a Storage Center.
Display Alerts for Multiple Storage Centers
View Alerts for multiple Storage Centers using Unisphere Central connected to a Data Collector.
Steps
1.
If you are connected to a Data Collector and a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click
(Home).
The Unisphere Central Home page is displayed.
2. From the
MONITORING menu, click Alerts.
The Alerts view is displayed.
3. Select the checkboxes of the Storage Centers to display and clear the checkboxes of the Storage Centers to hide.
The Alerts view displays alerts for the selected Storage Centers.
4.
To refresh the alert data, click (Refresh).
5. To view more information about an alert, select the alert and click More Information.
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