Selecting a severity level, 75 severity levels, Selecting – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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You could do the following:

Set the severity level to critical and major by clicking the Custom button next to the Show
Severity

field.

Type WickedWitch in the Summary Text or Element Name field.

Once you set all of your filters, you would click the Apply Filters button.

Selecting a Severity Level

You can filter the events, so you only view events that are of a specified severity level. For example,

you can specify that Event Manager displays only events with a Critical severity level.
To select a severity level:

1.

Select an option from the Show Severity drop-down menu in Event Manager. A dialog box

displays and allows you to select when you want to apply the new filter settings.

2.

If you want to apply the new filters immediately, click the Yes button. If you want to apply the

new filter settings later, click the No button.

3.

If you clicked the No button in the previous dialog box, click the Apply Filters button. The

definition for each severity level varies according to the type of element.

IMPORTANT:

Events marked as “Clear” are not displayed if you select a severity level other than

Clear

or All.

Table 75

Severity Levels

Severity Level

Description

Clear

The event has been marked as cleared.

Unknown

The event does not fall into the other

categories and further information can not

be obtained from it.

Informational

Provides informational data. For example,

for Brocade switches it could be a list of

switches that have successfully completed

firmware download.

Warning

Provides warning data. For example, for a

Brocade switch one or more new physical

fabric objects (device port, switch, or fabric)

have appeared.

Minor

Provides a message to indicate a minor

problem. For example, for a Brocade switch

a physical fabric object (switch port or

fabric) has changed state.

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