Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000606-02, June 2008)

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Monitoring events
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Monitoring events
Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events. Event information includes sortable fields
for the following:
• Switch name
• Message number
• Time stamp
• Indication of whether the event is from a logical switch or a chassis
• The number of successive events of the same kind
• Severity level
• Unique message identifier (in the form moduleID-messageType)
• Detailed error message for root cause analysis
There are four message severity levels: Critical, Error, Warning, and Info. Table 4 lists the event
message severity levels displayed on the Switch Events tab and in the Fabric Events window, and
explains what qualifies event messages to be certain levels.
On the Switch Events tab and in the Fabric Events window, you can click the Filter button to launch
the Filter Events dialog box. The Filter Events dialog box allows you to define which events should
be displayed on the Switch Events tab or in the Fabric Events window. For more information on
filtering events, see “Filtering Fabric and Switch Events” on page 48.
Displaying Fabric Events
Events are displayed for all switches in the fabric in the Fabric Events window. Fabric events are not
automatically polled. You must click Refresh in the Fabric Events window to poll fabric events.
TABLE 4 Event Severity Levels
Icon and Level Description
Critical
Critical-level messages indicate that the software has detected serious
problems that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a
subsystem if not corrected immediately; for example, a power supply failure or
rise in temperature must receive immediate attention.
Error
Error-level messages represent an error condition that does not impact overall
system functionality significantly. For example, error-level messages might
indicate timeouts on certain operations, failures of certain operations after
retries, invalid parameters, or failure to perform a requested operation.
Warning
Warning-level messages highlight a current operating condition that should be
checked or it might lead to a failure in the future. For example, a power supply
failure in a redundant system relays a warning that the system is no longer
operating in redundant mode and that the failed power supply needs to be
replaced or fixed.
Info
Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system
components; for example, the online and offline status of a fabric port.