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Events and Event Logging Messages originate from the switch, from Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools web applet, or Enterprise Fabric Management Suite in response to events that occur in the fabric. Understanding severity levels Events are classified by the following severity levels: Table 2 Event severity levels Icon Severity level Description Alarm Critical Describes events that are disruptive to the administration or operation of a fabric and require administrator intervention. Alarms are always logged and always displayed on the screen. Alarm thresholds can be defined for certain port errors, which allows you to customize the point at which to generate an alarm. Describes events that are generally disruptive to the administration or operation of the fabric, but require no action. Warning Describes events that are generally not disruptive to the administration or operation of the fabric, but are more important than routine events. Informative Describes routine events associated with a normal fabric. Displaying events using the event browser Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools, and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite have an event browser that displays a list of events generated by the switches in the fabric and by the applications. Event browser messages are permanently discarded when you close a management session; however, you can save these events to a file on the workstation before you close the session and read the file later with a text editor or browser. The information in the event browsers is presented in the following order: severity, time, source, type, and description of the event. The maximum number of entries allowed on a switch is 1,200. The Simple SAN Connection Manager event browser can contain a maximum of 1,999 event messages. The QuickTools and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite event browsers can contain a maximum of 10,000 event messages. Once the maximum is reached, the event list wraps, and the oldest events in the event list are deleted. Event browser entries from the switch use the switch time stamp. Event browser entries from Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools,and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite use the management station and workstation time stamps, respectively. You can filter and sort the contents of both event browsers. HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Event Message Reference Guide 9

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HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Event Message Reference Guide
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Events and Event Logging
Messages originate from the switch, from Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools web applet, or
Enterprise Fabric Management Suite in response to events that occur in the fabric.
Understanding severity levels
Events are classified by the following severity levels:
Displaying events using the event browser
Simple SAN Connection Manager, QuickTools, and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite have an event
browser that displays a list of events generated by the switches in the fabric and by the applications. Event
browser messages are permanently discarded when you close a management session; however, you can
save these events to a file on the workstation before you close the session and read the file later with a text
editor or browser.
The information in the event browsers is presented in the following order: severity, time, source, type, and
description of the event. The maximum number of entries allowed on a switch is 1,200. The Simple SAN
Connection Manager event browser can contain a maximum of 1,999 event messages. The QuickTools
and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite event browsers can contain a maximum of 10,000 event
messages. Once the maximum is reached, the event list wraps, and the oldest events in the event list are
deleted.
Event browser entries from the switch use the switch time stamp. Event browser entries from Simple SAN
Connection Manager, QuickTools,and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite use the management station
and workstation time stamps, respectively. You can filter and sort the contents of both event browsers.
Table 2
Event severity levels
Icon
Severity level
Description
Alarm
Describes events that are disruptive to the administration or operation of a fabric and
require administrator intervention. Alarms are always logged and always displayed
on the screen. Alarm thresholds can be defined for certain port errors, which allows
you to customize the point at which to generate an alarm.
Critical
Describes events that are generally disruptive to the administration or operation of the
fabric, but require no action.
Warning
Describes events that are generally not disruptive to the administration or operation of
the fabric, but are more important than routine events.
Informative
Describes routine events associated with a normal fabric.