Events and Alarms Settings

NOTE: This feature requires that the virtual appliance is configured as a trap destination in OMSA in order to display host events in vCenter. See the Management Plug-In User's Guide for more information.
The Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status is displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. It also configures the event filtering options, such as:
  • Do not post any events.
  • Post all events.
  • Post only critical or warning events.
  • Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events (default setting).
A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system malfunction. A warning event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. The default setting is that associated events are registered by disabled. Events and alarms can also be enabled using the VMware alarm manager. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks & Events tab in the Hosts and Clusters view.

For a complete list of virtualization-related critical and warning events, refer to the Management Plug-In User's Guide available online.

Tasks

To select event posting options, and enable, disable, or restore alarms:
  1. Click Edit to display the configuration options.
  2. Select the appropriate Event Posting Level:
    • Do not post any events - Block hardware events.
    • Post All Events - Post all hardware events.
    • Post only Critical and Warning Events - Post only critical or warning-level hardware events.
    • Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events - Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events; this is the default event posting level.
  3. Select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box to enable all hardware alarms and events.
  4. Click Restore Default Alarms to restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers; it may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.
  5. Click Save to apply changes, or click Cancel to retain previous settings.
Caution: Dell hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering maintenance mode. Click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.

Related Information

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers