Configuring Events And Alarms
The Dell Management Center Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status is displayed on the vCenter Alarms tab. 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. 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.
You can configure events and alarms using in the Dell Management Center under the Settings option for Events and Alarms.
To configure events and alarms:In the Dell Management Center, under , click Edit.
Under Event Posting Levels, select one of the following:
- 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.
To enable all hardware alarms and events, select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box.
In the dialog box that displays, click Continue to accept this change, or click Cancel.
To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
It may take up to a minute before the change takes effect.To save, click Save.