Interpreting the Event Details

Select the View details check box to show event details of a single-selected Summary event. When you have selected the View details check box, click a single event in the Summary view to see the details about that event in the Event Details view.


Note:

Because some of the fields in the Event Details view require no explanation, this table describes only those fields that require additional detail.

Column Description

Sequence Number

A 64-bit number that uniquely identifies a specific log entry for a storage subsystem. This number increments by one with every new Event Log entry.

Event Type

A 4-digit number that identifies each type of logged event.

Event Specific Codes

This information is used by a representative.

Event Category

  • Failure – A component in the storage subsystem has failed; for example, disk drive failure or battery failure.
  • State Change – An element of the storage subsystem that has changed state; for example, a logical drive transitioned to Optimal status, or a controller transitioned to Offline status.
  • Internal – Internal controller operations that do not require user action; for example, the controller has completed start-of-day.
  • Command – A command that has been issued to the storage subsystem; for example, a hot spare has been assigned.
  • Host – Host software has posted the entry to the Event Log.
  • Error – An error condition has been detected on the storage subsystem; for example, a controller is unable to synchronize and purge cache, or a redundancy error is detected on the storage subsystem.
  • General – Any event that does not fit well into any other category.

Logged By

The name of the controller that logged the event.

Raw Data

This information is used by the representative.

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