Link Incident Alerts - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

Link Incident Alerts

A link incident (LIN) is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, like the loss of
light, invalid sequences, and other problems. When a problem occurs, a LIN alert
is sent to the Link Incident Log in the switch Product Manager. LIN alerts warn
you that there is a link incident being detected through a port connection that may
require operator intervention to correct.
If LIN alerts are enabled for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, a yellow
triangle (attention indicator) displays by the port connector in the Hardware
View or in the Alert column in the Port List View. A corresponding triangle
displays for the card on the Hardware 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" displays. The
system writes all link incidents to the Link Incident Log.
If you enable LIN alerts for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, configure
e-mail notification through the HAFM, and enable E-Mail Notification through
the Maintenance menu, you will receive e-mail notification of LIN alerts.
Note:
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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 on HAFM server reboot.
You can clear the link incident indicator in the Hardware View and the
description in the Link Incident field manually. To manually clear the attention
indicator (yellow triangle), right-click the port with the yellow triangle and select
Clear Link Incident Alert(s) from the menu. In the Clear Link Incident
Alert(s) dialog box, select the appropriate option and click OK.
Be aware that 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.
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The e-mail notification of LIN alerts is available to all users; no user rights are
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