Users Guide
Each alert message in the Storage Management alert log has a severity level. The severity level is displayed in the Severity field of the alert message. The
severity level indicates the nature of the alert.
The alert severity levels are as follows:
Alert Message Format with Substitution Variables
When you view an alert in the Server Administrator alert log, the alert identifies the specific components such as the controller name or the virtual disk name
to which the alert applies. In an actual operating environment, a storage system can have many combinations of controllers and disks as well as user-defined
names for virtual disks and other components. Because each environment is unique in its storage configuration and user-defined names, an accurate alert
message requires that Storage Management be able to insert the environment-specific names of storage components into an alert message.
This environment-specific information is inserted after the alert message text as shown for alert 2127 in Table14-1.
For other alerts, the alert message text is constructed from information passed directly from the controller (or another storage component) to the Alert Log. In
these cases, the variable information is represented with a % (percent sign) in the Storage Management documentation. An example of such an alert is shown
for alert 2334 in Table14-1.
Table 14-1. Message Text as Displayed in the Storage Management Online Help and the Server Administrator Alert Log
The variables required to complete the message vary depending on the type of storage object and whether the storage object is in a SCSI or SAS
configuration. The following table identifies the possible variables used to identify each storage object.
Table 14-2. Message Format with Variables for Each Storage Object
Alert
Severity
Component Status
OK/Normal/Informational. No action is required. The alert is provided for informational purposes and does not indicate an error condition. For
example, the alert may indicate the normal start or stop of an operation.
Warning/Noncritical. A component requires attention. This alert indicates a potential problem, but does not necessarily mean that the system
has currently lost data or is nonfunctional. For example, a Warning/Noncritical alert may indicate that a component (such as a temperature
probe in an enclosure) has crossed a warning threshold.
Critical/Failure/Error. A component has either failed or failure is imminent. This alert indicates a serious problem such as data loss or a loss of
function. For example, a Critical/Failure/Error alert may indicate that a physical disk has failed.
Alert
ID
Message Text Displayed in Storage Management
Documentation
Message Text Displayed in the Alert Log with Variable Information Supplied
2127
Background Initialization started
Background Initialization started: Virtual Disk 3 (Virtual Disk 3) Controller 1 (PERC 5/E
Adapter)
2334
Controller event log %
Controller event log: Current capacity of the battery is above threshold.: Controller 1
(PERC 5/E Adapter)
NOTE: Some alert messages relating to an enclosure or an enclosure component, such as a fan or EMM, are generated by the controller when the
enclosure or enclosure component ID cannot be determined.
Storage Object
Message Variables
A, B, C and X, Y, Z in the following examples are variables representing the storage object name or number.
Controller
Message Format: Controller A (Name)
Message Format: Controller A
Example: 2326 A foreign configuration has been detected.: Controller 1 (PERC 5/E Adapter)
NOTE: The controller name is not always displayed.
Battery
Message Format: Battery X Controller A
Example: 2174 The controller battery has been removed: Battery 0 Controller 1
SCSI Physical Disk
Message Format: Physical Disk X:Y Controller A, Connector B