HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

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• Event table view page
• Navigating the event table view page
Event details section
When you click a link in the Event Type column on the event table view page, the Event Details section
appears, providing detailed information about a particular event . Events are generated by SNMP traps,
HTTP events, or internally generated events.
NOTE: You can generate events from WBEM if you have subscribed to WBEM events on the managed
system. See “Subscribing to WBEM indications” for more information about subscribing to WBEM events.
NOTE: Events are tracked only on systems that have been discovered. See Automatic Discovery , see the
“Configuring automatic discovery” for more information about configuring and running Automatic Discovery.
Event identification and details
The following information is provided for each HP SIM event:
• Event Severity Displays the severity of the event.
• Cleared Status Shows if the event is Cleared, Not Cleared, or Unknown.
• Event Source Displays the system from which the event originated..
• Associated System Displays the system that generated the event.
• Associated System Status Shows the current status of the system that generated the event, which
changes as the status of the system changes.
• Event Time Displays the time the event was received by the CMS .
• Description Explains the source or type of event, which can be an SNMP trap, a DMI indication, or
an internally generated message, such as the discovery of a system.
• Assignee Displays the user to which the event has been assigned.
• Comments Displays comments entered by a user.
Depending on the event type, the following information appears in the Details box:
• Servers in Enclosure For enclosure events, this section lists all of the servers in the affected enclosure
• Enclosures in Rack For rack events, this section lists all of the enclosures in the affected rack.
• Trap Details
• Date and time the event occurred
• Event Description
• Trap Information
• Discovered System Details
• Discovered Date
• Event Details
User name•
• Name of the remote system from which the user was browsing
• IP address of the system from which the user was browsing
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