Managing Alarms and Events
This section deals with managing and handling alarms and events. It covers the alarm mechanism, alarm and event notification methods, and the alarm dump function.
- The event notification function is supported by V300R006C50 and later.
- For a 6 U storage system, its functions of email notification, Syslog notification, and alarm dump may fail if the management networks of controller enclosures 0 and 1 are abnormal at the same time.
An alarm severity indicates the impact of an alarm on user services. Table 5-11 describes the four severity levels.
Alarm Severity |
Icon |
Definition |
Way of Handling |
|---|---|---|---|
Critical |
Interrupts services or causes the system to break down. |
Must be cleared immediately. Otherwise, the system may break down. |
|
Major |
Affects part of the device in a limited range or impacts the system performance. |
Must be cleared as soon as possible. Otherwise, important functions will be affected. |
|
Warning |
Has no impact on the device. The system detects a potential or imminent fault that may affect services. |
A warning is reported to instruct maintenance personnel to promptly find the alarm cause and rectify the potential fault. |
|
Info |
Information about operations without any effect on the device. |
Lets maintenance personnel know the running status of the network and devices. They are handled based on the actual condition. |
