HP Surestore Director FC-64 Product Manager User's Guide

Configure Threshold Alerts 133
Configuring the Director
Configure Threshold Alerts
A threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches
specified values for specific director ports or port types, (E_Ports or F_Ports).
You are notified of a threshold alert by:
• An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays on the port in the Port Card View.
• An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays on the port card in the Hardware
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• An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays in the Alert column of the Port List
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• An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays by the Threshold Alerts field in the
Port Properties dialog box.
• Detailed threshold alert data recorded in the Threshold Alert Log.
Use the Threshold Alerts option on the Configure menu to configure the following:
• Name for the alert.
• Type of threshold for the alert (Rx, Tx, or either).
• Active or inactive state of the alert.
• Threshold criteria:
– Percent traffic capacity utilized. This is the percent of the port’s throughput capacity
achieved by the measured throughput. This setting constitutes the threshold value.
For example the value of 50 means that the port’s threshold is reached when
throughput is 50% of capacity.
– Time interval during which throughput is measured and alert notification can occur.
– The time that the percentage of throughput capacity (% utilization) must exist during
the set time interval before an alert generates.