Viewing Alarm Information in the Web Console

Alarms information is displayed in the alarms table on the Host Details Alarms page. For additional details, see Chapter 12, Managing Alarms.

To View a Summary of Alarms

To see a summary of alarms in another domain, choose a domain from the Domain menu.

Open the main console page.

The Status Summary section shows the number of alarms for the current domain. For each severity level, the summary indicates how many unacknowledged open alarms exist.

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If a host has multiple alarms at several different severity levels, the host is represented at the highest severity level for that host.

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For more information about the status summary, see To View Alarms From the Main Console Window.

To View Alarms for a Selected Host

1. Click a host icon in the main console page.

   The host description and status are displayed in the right side of the main console page.

2. Click the Go to Details link.

   The Host Details Browser page appears.

3. Click the Alarms link.

   The Host Details Alarms page appears. From this page, you can do the following tasks:

   • See all current alarms for the selected host, or view a subset of alarms, as explained in To Display a Subset of Alarms for a Host.

   • Acknowledge open alarms for the current host, as described in To Acknowledge Open Alarms.

   • Delete a specific alarm or all closed alarms, as described in To Delete Alarms.

   • Add a note or a suggested fix to an alarm, as illustrated in To Add a Note to an Alarm and To View or Provide a Recommended Response to an Alarm.

   • View additional alarm information for an alarm, as explained in To See When an Alarm Ended or Was Acknowledged.

To Display a Subset of Alarms for a Host

1. From the Host Details Alarms page, choose View Alarms from the Options menu, and click the Go button.

   The View Specific Alarms dialog box appears. By default, all open alarms are selected.

2. Click the boxes next to the items to select or deselect the items.

   A check mark is displayed in each box that you select.

3. Click OK to accept your changes and close the dialog box.

   The alarms table is filtered. The table is redisplayed to reflect your selections.

To See When an Alarm Ended or Was Acknowledged

1. From the Host Details Alarms page, click the first column of the alarm that you want to view.

   A check mark is displayed in the first column.

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   You can view additional information only for one alarm at a time.

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2. Choose Additional Alarm Information from the Options menu, and click the Go button.

   The Additional Alarm Information section at the bottom of the page updates with appropriate information, if applicable.

   • If the alarm has been acknowledged, the Alarm Acknowledged field indicates who acknowledged the alarm. This field also tells you when the alarm was acknowledged.

   • If the alarm has ended, the Alarm Ended field indicates when the alarm ended.