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Description Severity Level
Indicates that a degraded condition exists within a library subsystem that impacts system
performance or redundancy. Typical library operations can continue without immediate
corrective action, but an administrator should investigate the condition and correct the
problem soon.
An example of a degraded situation is a redundant power supply that has failed or a
connectivity problem that has caused host port failover to occur.
2 (Degraded)
Indicates that a condition exists within a library subsystem that has little effect on system
operations. Typical library operations can continue without immediate corrective action, but
you should investigate the condition and correct the problem when possible. Warnings also
can provide helpful information, such as indicating that a door is open.
Examples of warning situations include a FRU that is functioning less reliably or a temperature
threshold that has been reached that does not affect reliable operations.
3 (Warning)
The library has two ways of notifying users that it has discovered issues and has created events for
them:
• Status indicators on Library Management Console (LMC) system status buttons.
• E-mail notifications.
Understanding Indicators on System Status Buttons
System status buttons are located in the Overall System Status area at the bottom of the LMC display.
Each button displays a status indicator for the library subsystem it represents. For more information
about the buttons, see
System Status Buttons . When the library creates an event, the status indicator
button for the affected subsystem automatically changes from the following icon:
Good (green)
to one of the following icons:
Warning or Degraded (yellow)
Failed (flashing red)
The meanings of these status indicators correspond to the severity levels described in Table 34 . If a
system status button indicates anything other than a Good state, clicking it displays a list of open
events for the subsystem. To access events by using the system status buttons, see
Event Guidelines .
Understanding E-mail Notifications
The library collects status information on its components and, if the appropriate e-mail notifications
have been set up in the LMC, the library can send notifications whenever events with severity levels
1, 2, or 3 are created. For information about severity levels, see
Table 34 .
The library assigns a severity level to each event it creates. If the event severity level matches one of
an e-mail address severity codes (as set up in e-mail notifications), the library sends a notification to
that particular e-mail address. The library also sends a notification if an event’s severity level escalates
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