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Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm, Testing the Alarm

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Chapter 11: Monitoring Your Storage Space ● 121 Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm By default, when a Warning- or Error-level event (see page 101) occurs on any system in the Enterprise View, an audible alarm is triggered on the local system. The alarm is a series of beeps, which sound every five minutes until the event is resolved. You can change the frequency and duration of the alarm, or choose to disable the alarm on any system. See Changing a System's Audible Alarm Settings on page 67 for more information. This section describes how to: ● Ensure the alarm is working on your local system (see below). ● Silence a sounding alarm (see page 122). ● Disable the alarm for a selected controller (see page 122). Testing the Alarm To test the audible alarm to ensure that it's working on your local system: 1 Ensure that the speakers on your local system aren't muted. 2 In the Enterprise View, click on any controller. 3 In the menu bar, click Actions, select Alarm Actions, then click Test alarm. The alarm sounds. 4 To stop the test, click OK.

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Chapter 11: Monitoring Your Storage Space
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Silencing and Testing the Audible Alarm
By default, when a Warning- or Error-level event (see
page 101
) occurs
on any system in the Enterprise View, an audible alarm is triggered on
the local system. The alarm is a series of beeps, which sound every five
minutes until the event is resolved.
You can change the frequency and duration of the alarm, or choose to
disable the alarm on any system. See
Changing a System’s Audible Alarm
Settings
on page 67
for more information.
This section describes how to:
Ensure the alarm is working on your local system (see below).
Silence a sounding alarm (see
page 122
).
Disable the alarm for a selected controller (see
page 122
).
Testing the Alarm
To test the audible alarm to ensure that it’s working on your local
system:
1
Ensure that the speakers on your local system aren’t muted.
2
In the Enterprise View, click on any controller.
3
In the menu bar, click
Actions
, select
Alarm Actions
, then click
Test
alarm
.
The alarm sounds.
4
To stop the test, click
OK
.