Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001194-01, April 2009)

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Event monitoring
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Event monitoring
Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events. Event information includes sortable fields
for the following:
• Switch name
• Message number
• Time stamp
• Indication of whether the event is from a logical switch or a chassis
• The number of successive events of the same kind
• Severity level
• Unique message identifier (in the form moduleID-messageType)
• Detailed error message for root cause analysis
There are four message severity levels: Critical, Error, Warning, and Info. Table 8 lists the event
message severity levels displayed on the Switch Events tab and explains what qualifies event
messages to be certain levels.
On the Switch Events tab, you can click the Filter button to launch the Filter Events dialog box. The
Filter Events dialog box allows you to define which events should be displayed on the Switch Events
tab. For more information on filtering events, see “Filtering Switch Events” on page 57.
Displaying Switch Events
The Switch Events tab displays a running log of events for the selected switch (see Figure 26 on
page 57). Switch events are polled and updated every 15 seconds; there is no refresh-on-demand
option for switch events.
For two-switch configurations, all chassis-related events are displayed in the event list of each
logical switch for convenience.
TABLE 8 Event Severity Levels
Icon and Level Description
Critical
Critical-level messages indicate that the software has detected serious
problems that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a
subsystem if not corrected immediately; for example, a power supply failure or
rise in temperature must receive immediate attention.
Error
Error-level messages represent an error condition that does not impact overall
system functionality significantly. For example, error-level messages might
indicate timeouts on certain operations, failures of certain operations after
retries, invalid parameters, or failure to perform a requested operation.
Warning
Warning-level messages highlight a current operating condition that should be
checked or it might lead to a failure in the future. For example, a power supply
failure in a redundant system relays a warning that the system is no longer
operating in redundant mode and that the failed power supply must be
replaced or fixed.
Info
Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system
components; for example, the online and offline status of a fabric port.