Dell OpenManage SNMP Reference Guide Version 8.3

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Alert Severity Levels

Each alert message in the Storage Management alert log has a severity level which indicates the nature of the alert and is displayed in the Severity field of the alert message. The severity level indicates the nature of the alert.

Table 1. Storage Management Alert Severity
Alert Severity	Component Status
OK/Normal/Informational	No action is required. The alert is provided for informational purposes and does not indicate an error condition. For example, the alert may indicate the normal start or stop of an operation.
Warning/Non-critical	A component requires attention. This alert indicates a potential problem, but does not necessarily mean that the system has currently lost data or is nonfunctional. For example, a Warning/Non-critical alert may indicate that a component (such as a temperature probe in an enclosure) has crossed a warning threshold.
Critical/Failure/Error	A component has either failed or failure is imminent. This alert indicates a serious problem such as data loss or a loss of function. For example, a Critical/Failure/Error alert may indicate that an array disk has failed.