Set Alarms - HPE XP7 User Manual

Set alarms

You can configure and activate alarms on components only if you have logged into PA as an
Administrator, or a user who is granted administrator privileges. Once the alarms are activated, you can
view history for these alarms, which provides data on the following:
• When the performance of components went beyond or dropped below the set threshold limits
• Time stamps of alarm notifications dispatched to the intended recipients
Configuring alarms
1. Click the HPE XP7 Performance Advisor main menu, and click Alerts.
2. In the Alerts screen, click Create Alarm.
3. In the Create Alarm page, select the array, the component type, and then the individual component on
which you want to set an alarm.
4. Select the associated metrics for which the components must be monitored from the Available
Metrics > Choose Metrics Category list. The selected components can belong to an individual XP or
an XP7 disk array, or a custom group.
5. Click Create. The records are automatically displayed in the Configure Alarms pane. Initially, when
alarms are not yet configured on the selected components, the following informational message No
alarms are configured for the given filters. appears above the Alarms table.
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