HP Storage Mirroring V5 Software - Manual (Page 44)

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The following table identifies how the visual indicators change as the status of failover changes.
Time to Fail
Countdown
Status Bar Colored Bullets Desktop Icon Tray
Source is Online
The Time to Fail counter
is counting down and
resetting each time a
heartbeat is received
from the source machine. The status bar
indicates that the
target machine is
monitoring the
source machine. The bullets are
green.
a
a. When the Time to Fail value has decreased by 25% of the entire timeout period, the bullet changes from green to
yellow, indicating that the target has not received a response from the source. The yellow bullet is a caution signal.
If a response from the source is received, the countdown resets and the bullets change back to green. If the
countdown reaches zero without the target receiving a response from the source, failover begins.
The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with red and
green computers.
Source Fails and
Failover is Initiated
The Time to Fail
countdown value is 0. The status bar
displays the source
machine and IP
address currently
being assumed by
the target. The bullets are red. The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with red and
green computers.
Failover is Complete
The Time to Fail counter
is replaced with the
“Failed Over”
message.
The status bar
indicates that
monitoring has
continued. The bullets are red. The Windows
desktop icon tray
contains a failover
icon with a red
computer.