Chapter 1. IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch - QLogic

Severity is indicated in the severity column using icons as described in Table 4.
Table 4. Severity levels
Severity Icon
Description
Alarm—an alarm is a serviceable event. This alarm means that attention
by the user or field service is required. Alarms are posted asynchronously
to the screen and cannot be turned off. If the alarm denotes that a
system error has occurred, the customer and/or field representative will
generally be directed to provide a "show support" capture of the switch.
Critical event—an event that indicates a potential failure. Critical log
messages are events that warrant notice by the user. By default, these log
messages will be posted to the screen. Critical log messages do not have
alarm status as they require no immediate attention from a user or service
representative.
Warning event—an event that indicates errors or other conditions that
may require attention to maintain maximum performance. Warning messages
will not be posted to the screen unless the log is configured to do
so. Warning messages are not disruptive and, therefore, do not meet the
criteria of Critical. The user need not be informed asynchronously.
No icon
Informative—an unclassified event that provides supporting information.
Notes:
• Events (Alarms, Critical, Warning, and Informative) generated by the web
applet are not saved on the switch. They are permanently discarded when
you close a QuickTools session, but you can save these events to a file on the
workstation before you close QuickTools and read it later with a text editor or
browser.
• Events generated by the switch are stored on the switch, and will be retrieved
when the web applet is restarted. Some alarms are configurable.
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