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Server Administrator Version 7.4 Messages Reference Guide

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Alert Message Format with Substitution Variables

When you view an alert in the Server Administrator alert log, the alert identifies the specific components such as the controller name or the virtual disk name to which the alert applies. In an actual operating environment, a storage system can have many combinations of controllers and disks as well as user-defined names for virtual disks and other components. Each environment is unique in its storage configuration and user-defined names. To receive an accurate alert message, that the Storage Management service must be able to insert the environment-specific names of storage components into an alert message.

This environment-specific information is inserted after the alert message text as shown for alert 2127.

For other alerts, the alert message text is constructed from information passed directly from the controller (or another storage component) to the alert log. In these cases, the variable information is represented with a percent symbol in the Storage Management documentation. An example of such an alert is shown for alert 2334.

Table 1. Alert Message Format
Alert ID Message Text Displayed in the Storage Management Service Documentation Message Text Displayed in the Alert Log with Variable Information Supplied
2127 Background Initialization started Background Initialization started: Virtual Disk 3 (Virtual Disk 3) Controller 1 (PERC 5/E Adapter)
2334 Controller event log % Controller event log: Current capacity of the battery is above threshold : Controller 1 (PERC 5/E Adapter)

The variables required to complete the message vary depending on the type of storage object and whether the storage object is in a SCSI or SAS configuration. The following table identifies the possible variables used to identify each storage object.

  • NOTE: Some alert messages relating to an enclosure or an enclosure component, such as a fan or EMM, are generated by the controller when the enclosure or enclosure component ID cannot be determined.
  • NOTE: A, B, C and X, Y, Z in the following examples are variables representing the storage object name or number.
Table 2. Message Format with Variables for Each Storage Object
Storage Object Message Variables
Controller

Message Format: Controller A (Name)

Message Format: Controller A

For example, 2326 A foreign configuration has been detected: Controller 1 (PERC 5/E Adapter)

  • NOTE: The controller name is not always displayed.
Battery

Message Format: Battery X Controller A

For example, 2174 The controller battery has been removed: Battery 0 Controller 1

SCSI Physical Disk

Message Format: Physical Disk X:Y Controller A, Connector B

For example, 2049 Physical disk removed: Physical Disk 0:14 Controller 1, Connector 0

SAS Physical Disk

Message Format: Physical Disk X:Y:Z Controller A, Connector B

For example, 2049 Physical disk removed: Physical Disk 0:0:14 Controller 1, Connector 0

Virtual Disk

Message Format: Virtual Disk X (Name) Controller A (Name)

Message Format: Virtual Disk X Controller A

For example, 2057 Virtual disk degraded: Virtual Disk 11 (Virtual Disk 11) Controller 1 (PERC 5/E Adapter)

  • NOTE: The virtual disk and controller names are not always displayed.
Enclosure

Message Format: Enclosure X:Y Controller A, Connector B

For example, 2112 Enclosure shutdown: Enclosure 0:2 Controller 1, Connector 0

SCSI Power Supply

Message Format: Power Supply X Controller A, Connector B, Target ID C

where "C" is the SCSI ID number of the enclosure management module (EMM) managing the power supply.

For example, 2122 Redundancy degraded: Power Supply 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Target ID 6

SAS Power Supply

Message Format: Power Supply X Controller A, Connector B, Enclosure C

For example, 2312 A power supply in the enclosure has an AC failure: Power Supply 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Enclosure 2

SCSI Temperature Probe

Message Format: Temperature Probe X Controller A, Connector B, Target ID C

where C is the SCSI ID number of the EMM managing the temperature probe.

For example, 2101 Temperature dropped below the minimum warning threshold: Temperature Probe 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Target ID 6

SAS Temperature Probe

Message Format: Temperature Probe X Controller A, Connector B, Enclosure C

For example, 2101 Temperature dropped below the minimum warning threshold: Temperature Probe 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Enclosure 2

SCSI Fan

Message Format: Fan X Controller A, Connector B, Target ID C

where C is the SCSI ID number of the EMM managing the fan.

For example, 2121 Device returned to normal: Fan 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Target ID 6

SAS Fan

Message Format: Fan X Controller A, Connector B, Enclosure C

For example, 2121 Device returned to normal: Fan 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Enclosure 2

SCSI EMM

Message Format: EMM X Controller A, Connector B, Target ID C

where C is the SCSI ID number of the EMM.

For example, 2121 Device returned to normal: EMM 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Target ID 6

SAS EMM

Message Format: EMM X Controller A, Connector B, Enclosure C

For example, 2121 Device returned to normal: EMM 1, Controller 1, Connector 0, Enclosure 2

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