Dot Hill Systems SANnet II 200 User Manual

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When the console receives any event, it logs it into SANscape’s Event Log file,
EVENTLOG.TXT, and displays it in the Event Log window. Also, if the event occurs on a
server, the notification of the event is sent to that server’s operating environment/system event
log. On an NT server, it would go to the NT event log. In addition, when the event occurs on a
server and that server is set up to send traps to an SNMP enterprise management console, such as
HP OpenView, the server agent also sends a trap message to that computer.

Depending on the event received, the console might initiate a refresh process to request the
inventory from the last periodic scan of the server involved, so the console can update the
server’s inventory on the main SANscape window.

During this refresh process, the satellite dish icon is attached to the server icon, and you cannot
perform any SANscape configuration and array activity commands on that server until the
process is completed and the main window is updated.

SANscape’s Event Log window displays up to 500 events at a time. If you have more than 500
events, only the most recent 500 are displayed in the Event Log window; however, SANscape
does not delete any events from the Event Log file, EVENTLOG.TXT, until more than 10,000
events have been logged.

· After 10,000 events, SANscape reduces the Event Log file to the most current 500

events and then accumulates events until the limit of 10,000 is exceeded again.

· A semi-colon separates the fields of each event record so you can easily import the file

into a database.

· EVENTLOG.TXT is located in the directory where the SANscape console program

files are installed.

FIGURE 13: Event Log Window

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