Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide - Page 295

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 9: Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices | Monitoring System Events Chapter 9 Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices This chapter explains how to use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to monitor the status of drives, virtual drives, and other storage devices. 9.1 Monitoring System Events The MegaRAID Storage Manager utility monitors the activity and performance of all controllers in the system and the storage devices connected to them. When an event occurs (such as the creation of a new virtual drive or the removal of a drive) an event message appears in the log at the bottom of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu screen, as shown in Figure 178. You can use MegaRAID Storage Manager to alert you about events. There are settings are for the delivery of alerts, the severity level of events, exceptions, and e-mail settings. Figure 178: Event Information Window Each message that appears in the event log has a severity level that indicates the importance of the event, as shown in Table 133, a date and timestamp, and a brief description. You can click an event to display the same information in a window. (For a list of all events, see Appendix A, Events and Messages). Table 133: Event Severity Levels Severity Level Information Warning Critical Fatal Meaning Informational message. No user action is necessary. Some component might be close to a failure point. A component has failed, but the system has not lost data. A component has failed, and data loss has occurred or will occur. Page 295