Grass Valley Profile XP Service Manual - Manual (Page 122)

Appendix A Diagnostic Tools
122 Profile XP Service Manual 23 July 2004
Using NetCentral Lite
This section documents version 2 of the NetCentral Lite product. Other versions of
NetCentral Lite are similar. To view the specific documentation for your version of
NetCentral, on the NetCentral main window click
Help | Help Topics .
NetCentral Lite is the version of NetCentral supplied with every Profile XP media
platform. Like full-featured NetCentral, NetCentral Lite alerts you to component
failures and maintenance needs, but it monitors only the media platform on which it
is running and any directly connected RAID storage.
These are the main NetCentral Lite functions:
• Provide status information for all major subsystems in a Profile XP media
platform.
• Alert the user when a subsystem is operating at reduced capacity or is no longer
functioning.
• Suggest corrective action for fault conditions.
Fault conditions are indicated by Warning or Alarm messages. Warning messages are
generated when the Profile XP media platform is no longer operating at optimum
level, but it is still able to provide the functionality for which it was configured.
Alarms are generated when the Profile XP media platform is no longer functional,
either due to a loss of resource or other environmental changes. Both Warning and
Alarm messages are accompanied by actions such as sounding a beeper, triggering a
GPI port, etc. NetCentral allows you to configure the actions that it takes in response
to fault conditions.
Interpreting status indicators
NetCentral Lite categorizes any information it receives from the media platform as
one the following status levels. These status levels and the icons that represent them
are as follows:
Normal No
icon The media platform is operational as designed. No faults or status
changes have been detected.
Normal
Informational The media platform has returned to normal or has experienced a
change in status within normal operating parameters.
Warning The media platform has a reduced ability to function and may fail
soon, but at the current moment it is still operating within
specifications as designed.
Alarm The media platform has ceased to operate or is currently operating
with severely hampered functionality. The media platform is not
operating within specifications as designed.