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Alarm configuration screen columns – HP XP Performance Advisor Software User Manual

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Table 21 Alarm Configuration screen columns

Component

Description

Mod

An asterisk (*) appears when an alarm is modified.

N indicates new alarms. E indicates that an error

has occurred.

Active

YES appears if the alarm is active. NO appears if

the alarm is inactive.

DKC

The identification number of the disk controller (DKC)

that is monitored.

Item

The LDEV or port number.

Metric Category

The metric category (as specified in the Chart screen)

of the alarm type.

(Level 1, 2, 3)

The threshold levels as specified in the lower portion

of the Alarm Configuration screen.

Email Dest

The email destination as specified in the Email

Destination field at the bottom of the screen.

SNMP Dest

The SNMP destination as specified in the SNMP

Destination field at the bottom of the screen.

Script

The name of the batch file, as specified in the Script

file [XML] field.

Schedule

Provides two functions, based on the alarm type:

It shows when specific alarms are dispatched or it

shows the time to collect data for calculating trends,

as specified in the Edit Schedule field.

You can select a single line or multiple lines in the list box by clicking the desired line(s). To clear

a selected line, click the line again.
Any entries that are represented in the list box by dashed lines (—) are fields that are not configured. For

example, if a dashed line appears in the Email Dest column, no email address is specified for that entry.
Use the fields below the list box to configure information about your performance alarms. For information

about these fields, see

Components of the Alarm Configuration screen

.

When you click Add/Remove Alarm, the screen, as shown in

Add/Remove Alarm screen

, allows you to

create or delete alarms.

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