Dell PowerVault LTO4-120HH Dell DR Series System Administrator's Guide - Page 104
Monitoring System Events, Using the Dashboard to Display System Events
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- Message (a brief description of the alert; for example, Network Interface Controller Embedded (LOM) Port 2 disconnected. Connect it to a network and/or check your network switches or routers for network connectivity issues). Monitoring System Events You can monitor the DR Series system events, and filter events you want to display using the Event Filter pane in the Events page. This page can display All system events, or you can restrict the events to only one of the following types: Info (Informational), Warning, or Critical events. The Events page lets you search for system events and monitor the current state of the DR Series system based on the system events that match your search criteria. For more information about using the Event Filter pane, see Using the Event Filter. To monitor the system, using either of the following methods to display the Events page: • In Dashboard page, click the Number of Events link in the Events page. • In the navigation panel, click Dashboard → Events to display the Events page. Using the Dashboard to Display System Events To use the Dashboard page to display the current number of system events (Number of Events), complete the following: NOTE: This method in convenient when you are already at the Dashboard page and want to display the current system events. 1. In the Dashboard page, click the Number of Events link in the System Status bar (for example, Number of Events: 2). The Events page is displayed and lists the total number of current events, the Event Filter, the Events summary table, and the current time zone. 2. In the Event Filter pane, you can select to filter events by using the Event Severity pull-down list, and setting the Timestamp From and Timestamp To starting and ending setpoints. 3. In the Event Severity pull-down list, select the severity level of events that you want to filter and display (All, Critical, Warning, or Info). 4. In Message Contains, enter a word or string of words you want to search for in the Message text field, and the DR Series system will perform a case-insensitive match for your entry (no other search options are supported). Matches are displayed in the Events summary table. 5. In Timestamp From, click in the field or click the calendar icon to display the current month and day. - Click and select a day in the current month schedule (or use the left and right arrows in the month title to select a previous or later month, respectively). - Use the Hour and Minute sliders to set the desired time in hours and minutes, or click Now to use the current time. - When configured, click Done. 6. In Timestamp To, click in the field or click the calendar icon to display the current month and day. - Click and select a day in the current month schedule (or use the left and right arrows in the month title to select a previous or later month, respectively). - Use the Hour and Minute sliders to set the desired time in hours and minutes, or click Now to use the current time. - When configured, click Done. 7. Click Start Filter to display system events in the Events summary table based on the settings you selected. The Events summary table displays system events based on Index, Severity, Timestamp, and Message (a brief description of event). To navigate and display results in the Events summary table, complete the following: 104