HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

80 Monitoring alerts and events
Figure 37 Alerts view
Table 13 explains the six types of alerts in Fabric Manager.
Table 13 Alert types
Type Description
Switch Status Change This alert is generated whenever a switch changes from Healthy to Marginal or
from Healthy to Down. Note the following characteristics:
• If the reason a switch is Marginal or Down changes, but the Marginal or
Down status remains unchanged, a new alert is not generated. The
original alert remains in the Alerts view but the reason for the Marginal or
Down status is updated in the Description column.
• If the switch status changes between Marginal and Down, a new alert is
not generated. The original alert remains in the Alerts view but the new
severity is updated in the Severity column and the reason for the status
change is also updated in the Description column.
• If the switch status changes from Marginal or Down to Healthy, the
original alert remains in the Alerts view but its entry in the Resolved column
changes from No to Yes.
Switch Unreachable This alert is generated whenever the Fabric Manager server is unable to reach
a switch. Note the following characteristics:
• A new alert is not generated as long as the switch remains unreachable.
The original alert remains in the Alerts view but the Last Occurrence
column is continuously updated with latest unreachable times until the alert
is resolved.
• The alert is resolved when the Fabric Manager server is able to reach the
switch, if the switch is deleted from either the fabric or Fabric Manager, or
if the fabric the switch belongs to is deleted from Fabric Manager.