Administrator's Guide

DescriptionScreen component
Indicates which component or application generated the alert.Origin
Indicates of the category for this alert. Multiple origins can contribute alerts to the same
topic.
Topic
Identifies the controller that generated the alert. The controller is represented as a
hexadecimal number. When you use controller teaming, this ID enables you to identify
which controller in the team generated the alert.
Controller ID
3.5.5 Viewing the ten most sever recent active alerts
To display a summary of up to 10 alerts ranked by severity (highest to lowest) and then by date
and time (newest to oldest):
• In the top banner, click .
The Alerts as of today window is displayed.
To close the window, do one of the following:
• To close the window and display the Alerts screen, click All.
• At the bottom of the window, click the collapse icon ( ).
• In the top banner, click either the alert counter number or .
3.5.6 Acknowledging an alert
To acknowledge an alert from the Alerts as of today window:
1. Click the alert to select it.
2. Click Acknowledge.
The controller removes the alert from the Alerts as of today window, displays the alert in gray
text on the Alerts screen, and decrements the alert notification counter by one.
To acknowledge an alert from the Alerts screen:
1. Click the alert to select it.
2. Click Acknowledge.
The controller displays the alert in gray text on the Alerts screen, and decrements the alert
notification counter by one.
3.5.7 Deleting an alert
You can acknowledge an individual alert, but you can not clear or delete the alert.
The controller deletes alerts according to the configured alert age-out policy. To configure the
age-out policy, see “Configuring the alert policies” (page 21)
3.5.8 Configuring the alert policies
1. From the Configurations screen, under Component, select the
com.hp.sdn.adm.alert.impl.AlertManager component.
2. Click Modify.
The Modify Configuration dialog box appears.
3. Change the values for the keys. For more information about the keys and values that affect
the alert policy, see “About alert policies” (page 19).
4. Click Apply .
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