Reference Guide

Table 2. Understanding Event Messages (continued)
Icon Alert Severity Component Status
Critical / Failure /
Error
A significant event that indicates actual or imminent loss
of data or loss of function. For example, crossing a failure
threshold or a hardware failure such as an array disk.
Server Administrator generates events based on status changes in the following sensors:
● Temperature Sensor — Helps protect critical components by alerting the systems management console when
temperatures become too high inside a chassis; also monitors the temperature in a variety of locations in the chassis and in
attached system(s).
● Fan Sensor — Monitors fans in various locations in the chassis and in attached system(s).
● Voltage Sensor — Monitors voltages across critical components in various chassis locations and in attached system(s).
● Current Sensor — Monitors the current (or amperage) output from the power supply (or supplies) in the chassis and in
attached system(s).
● Chassis Intrusion Sensor — Monitors intrusion into the chassis and attached system(s).
● Redundancy Unit Sensor — Monitors redundant units (critical units such as fans, AC power cords, or power supplies)
within the chassis; also monitors the chassis and attached system(s). For example, redundancy allows a second or nth fan to
keep the chassis components at a safe temperature when another fan has failed. Redundancy is normal when the intended
number of critical components are operating. Redundancy is degraded when a component fails, but others are still operating.
Redundancy is lost when there is one less critical redundancy device than required.
● Power Supply Sensor — Monitors power supplies in the chassis and in attached system(s).
●
Memory Prefailure Sensor — Monitors memory modules by counting the number of Error Correction Code (ECC) memory
corrections.
● Fan Enclosure Sensor — Monitors protective fan enclosures by detecting their removal from and insertion into the
system, and by measuring how long a fan enclosure is absent from the chassis. This sensor monitors the chassis and in
attached system(s).
● AC Power Cord Sensor — Monitors the presence of AC power for an AC power cord.
● Hardware Log Sensor — Monitors the size of a hardware log.
● Processor Sensor — Monitors the processor status in the system.
● Pluggable Device Sensor — Monitors the addition, removal, or configuration errors for some pluggable devices, such as
memory cards.
● Battery Sensor — Monitors the status of one or more batteries in the system.
● SD Card Device Sensor — Monitors instrumented Secure Digital (SD) card devices in the system.
Sample Event Message Text
The following example shows the format of the event messages logged by Server Administrator.
EventID: 1000
Source: Server Administrator
Category: Instrumentation Service
Type: Information
Date and Time: Mon Oct 21 10:38:00 2002
Computer: <computer name>
Description: Server Administrator starting
Data: Bytes in Hex
Viewing Alerts and Event Messages
An event log is used to record information about important events.
Server Administrator generates alerts that are added to the operating system event log and to the Server Administrator alert
log. To view these alerts in Server Administrator:
1. Select the System object in the tree view.
2. Select the Logs tab.
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