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

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

Link Incident Alerts

A link incident 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: The e-mail notification of LIN alerts is available to all users; no user rights are imposed.
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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