Using The Alert Utility Under Windows - 3Ware 9650SE-2LPML User Manual

Using the Alert Utility Under Windows

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Event messages are categorized into the following levels of severity:
• (high severity events), shown next to a red box
Errors
• , shown next to a yellow box
Warnings
• Information, shown next to a blue box
Examples of event messages:
• : Unclean shutdown
Error
• Degraded unit
Warning:
• Information : Start and completion of rebuilding, verifying, initializing,
migrating, and so forth.
3DM can e-mail notifications of these events to one or more recipients. For
more information, see "Managing E-mail Event Notification" on page 77.
If your 3ware RAID controller is installed in a Windows system, the
WinAVAlarm alert utility can notify you of events immediately with an
audible alarm and a popup message. For details, see "Using the Alert Utility
Under Windows" on page 139.
A list of the possible error and other event messages is provided under "Error
and Notification Messages" on page 224.
To view alarms, errors and other events in 3DM
1 Choose Monitor > Alarms
The Alarms page displays, listing all event notifications.
2 For details about a particular alarm, click it.
A Help window opens with additional information about the alarm.
To see an explanation of a specific item in 3DM
• Click on the message you are interested in, on the 3DM Alarms page.
A help topic opens with additional information.
An alert utility, WinAVAlarm, is automatically installed on Windows systems
when 3DM is installed. It can provide immediate notification of events,
through a popup message and an audible alert. By default it is set to notify you
whenever an error (high-severity event) occurs, through both a popup
message and an audible alert. You can configure the alert settings to specify
types of events you want to be notified of: Errors, Warnings, or Information.
Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
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