Users Guide

Instrumentation Service 77
Storage Component Severity
The status of a component is graded for degrees of severity. Each level of severity requires you to take
different actions in response. For example, you must take immediate reparative action in response to a
Warning or Critical/Failure status to avoid any data loss.
It may be useful to review the Alert Log for events indicating why a component has a Warning or Critical
status. For additional troubleshooting information, see the Storage Management online help.
NOTE: The status displayed reflects the status at the time the browser first displayed the page. If you believe the
status has changed and wish to update the displayed information, click the Refresh button in the upper-right corner
of the action window. Some storage configuration changes can only be detected if you perform a controller rescan;
click the Information/Configuration tab in the required controller and click Rescan.
Table 6-1 explains the various severity levels and the corresponding component status.
Managing Preferences: Home Page Configuration Options
The left pane of the Preferences home page (where the system tree is displayed on the Server
Administrator home page) displays all available configuration options in the system tree window. The
options displayed are based on the systems management software installed on the managed system.
See Figure 6-2 for available Preferences home page configuration options.
Figure 6-2. Preferences Home Page Configuration Options
Table 6-1. Severity Levels and Component Status
Severity Level Component Status
Normal/OK. The component is working as expected.
Noncritical/Warning. A probe or other monitoring device has detected a reading
for the component that is above or below the acceptable level. The component
may still be functioning, but it could fail. The component may also be
functioning in an impaired state. Data loss is possible.
Critical/Failure/Error. The component has either failed or failure is imminent.
The component requires immediate attention and may need to be replaced. Data
loss may have occurred.
General Settings
Server Administrator