HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch - Manual (Page 140)

Configuring the director 140
2. Select one of the following two options:
• Click Activate to enable synchronization and close the Configure Date and Time dialog box.
The director date and time synchronize with the HAFM date and time at the next update
period (at least once daily).
• Click Sync Now to synchronize the director and HAFM immediately.
The Date and Time Synced dialog box is displayed.
• Click OK.
• In the Configure Date and Time dialog box, click Activate to enable synchronization and
close the Configure Date and Time dialog box.
Configuring threshold alerts
A threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specified
values for specific director ports or port types (E_Ports or F_Ports). You are notified of a threshold
alert by:
• A yellow triangle that is displayed on the port in the Port Card view.
• A yellow triangle that is displayed on the port in the Hardware view.
• A yellow triangle that is displayed in the Alert column of the Port List view.
• A yellow triangle that is displayed by the Threshold Alerts field in the Port Properties dialog box.
• Detailed threshold alert data recorded in the Threshold Alert Log.
Use the Threshold Alerts option on the Configure menu to configure the following:
• Name for the alert.
• Type of threshold for the alert (Rx, Tx, or either).
• Active or inactive state of the alert.
• Threshold criteria:
• Percent traffic capacity utilized—The percent of the port’s throughput capacity achieved by
the measured throughput. This setting constitutes the threshold value. For example, a value of
50 means that the port’s threshold is reached when throughput is 50% of capacity.
• Time interval during which throughput is measured and alert notification can occur.
• The maximum cumulative time that the throughput percentage threshold can be exceeded
during the set time interval before an alert is generated.
• Ports for which you are configuring threshold alerts.
You can configure up to 16 alerts, and any number of alerts can be active at one time. Use the
following procedures to create a new threshold alert or to modify, activate, deactivate, or delete an
alert.