IBM DR550 - Manual (Page 91)

IBM System Storage DR550 Version 3.0 ------17 March 2006 Page 91
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Connection monitoring enables the monitoring of the communication paths between your HMC
and your managed system(s) and creates service events when communication between the HMC
and a managed system is disrupted. You can specify the following information about how you
want the HMC to respond to these disruptions:
Number of disconnected minutes considered an outage: This is the number of minutes
that you want your HMC to wait before reporting a disruption in
communication as an outage. The recommended length of time is 15
minutes.
Number of connected minutes considered a recovery: This is the number of minutes after
communication is restored between the HMC and the managed system
that you want the HMC to wait before considering that a recovery is
successful. The recommended length of time is 2 minutes.
Number of minutes between outages considered a new incident: This is the number of
minutes after communication is restored that you want the HMC to wait
before considering another outage as a new incident. The
recommended length of time is 20 minutes.
To specify your preferences for connection monitoring, use the Service Focal Point application on
the HMC. To specify this information, follow these steps on your HMC:
a. In the Navigation Area, open Service Applications.
b. Select Service Focal Point.
c. Select Service Utilities.
d. In the Service Utilities window, select Connection Monitoring from the Actions menu.
In the appropriate fields, configure the before mentioned parameters for the P5 520 server(s)
of the DR550. Follow the instructions given in the window to set up the parameters.