You can set up IBM Storage
Insights Pro so that it examines the attributes and performance of a chassis and
notifies you when changes or violations are detected.
Alerts can notify you of general changes on the following resources:
Important: Not all the attributes upon which you can alert are listed here. A
number of other alert types can be defined in custom alert policies or by editing the alert
definitions for a chassis with no alert policy assigned.
In the tables, default alerts are marked
with an asterisk (*).
Chassis
Table 1. Predefined alerts for chassis
| General Attributes |
Defining Conditions for Attributes |
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Last Successful Probe
Last Successful Monitor
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A specified amount of time has passed since a probe or performance monitor was able to collect
data about a chassis. You can use this alert to be notified when up-to-date configuration, status,
or performance data is not being collected about a chassis and its existing data might be stale.
This situation might occur if the resource, network, or server is
unavailable.
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Probe Status*
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One of the following statuses is detected for a probe:
- Not Successful
- An error or warning occurred during data collection. This status indicates that a probe did not
collect any data, or only collected a partial set of data about a resource.
- Warning
- A probe completed, but might not have collected a complete set of data. This status might occur
if data cannot be collected about one or more of the internal resources of a resource.
- Error (default)
- A probe did not complete when it attempted to collect asset data about the resource. This status
might occur if the resource cannot be reached during data collection.
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Performance Monitor Status*
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One of the following statuses is detected for a performance monitor:
- Not Successful
- An error or warning occurred during data collection. This status indicates that a performance
monitor did not collect any data, or only collected a partial set of data about a resource.
- Warning
- A performance monitor completed, but did not collect a complete set of performance data. This
status might occur if the resource was rebooted during data collection, no valid performance data
was provided by the resource, or a communication error occurred with the resource or its associated
agent.
- Error
- A performance did not complete when it attempted to collect performance data about the resource.
This status might occur if the resource cannot be reached during data collection, or if no
configuration data is available for the resource.
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| Status* |
One of the following conditions is detected on a chassis:
- Not Normal
- An error or warning status was detected on the chassis or its internal resources.
- Warning
- A warning status was detected on the chassis or its internal resources.
- Error (default)
- An error status was detected on the chassis or its internal resources. For example, an error
status might occur when a chassis goes offline.
- Unreachable
- One or more of the monitored resources for a chassis are not responding. This status might be
caused by a problem in the network.
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Blades
Table 2. Predefined alerts for blades
| General Attributes |
Defining Conditions for Attributes |
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Removed Blade
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A previously monitored blade can no longer be found. Historical data about the blade is retained,
but no current data is being collected. Use this alert to be notified if a blade is removed or
becomes unavailable.
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Status
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One of the following statuses is detected for a blade:
- Not Normal
- An error or warning status is detected on a blade.
- Warning
- A warning status is detected on a blade. This status might occur if the switch is stopped,
starting, or in service (being maintained, cleaned, or administered).
- Error
- An error status is detected on a blade.
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