HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch - Manual (Page 87)

Director Element Manager user guide 87
If LIN alerts are enabled for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, a yellow triangle (attention
indicator) appears by the port connector in the Hardware view or in the Alert column in the Port
List view. Double-clicking the port with the yellow triangle displays the Port Properties dialog box.
If LIN alerts have been enabled for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, the Port Properties
dialog box contains a short description of the latest incident in the Link Incident field. Or, if there
are no active incidents,
None
appears. The system writes all link incidents to the Link Incident Log.
To receive e-mail notification of LIN alerts:
• Enable LIN alerts for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box.
• Configure e-mail notification through HAFM.
• Enable E-Mail Notification through the Maintenance menu.
NOTE: The e-mail notification of LIN alerts is available to all users; no feature permissions are
imposed.
Although you can clear the attention indicator in the Hardware view and the alert description in the
Port Properties dialog box manually, they may also be cleared by actions outside of your control,
such as rebooting the HAFM appliance.
To manually clear the link incident indicator (yellow triangle) in the Hardware view and the
description in the Link Incident field:
1. Right-click the port with the yellow triangle.
2. Click Clear Link Incident Alert(s).
3. In the Clear Link Incident Alert(s) dialog box, choose the appropriate option and click OK.
CAUTION: Clearing the incident indicator clears it for everyone using the system. If there are no
link incident alerts enabled for a port, no actions occur.
Threshold alerts
A threshold alert notifies Element Manager users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput
reaches specific values for director ports or port types (E_Ports or F_Ports).
To display the Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box, select Configure > Threshold Alerts. Use this
dialog box to configure criteria for generating a threshold alert.
One criterion that you must configure is a throughput value that equals a specific percentage of the
port’s total throughput capacity. You also provide a time interval during which throughput is
measured and a time interval during which that throughput value must remain constant. When
throughput reaches the threshold value and remains constant for the specified time, an alert is
generated.
Threshold alerts appear in the following manner in the Element Manager:
• An attention indicator (yellow triangle) is displayed on the port in the Port Card view.