The audible alarm is a configurable warning that indicates that a controller module or a expansion drawer is experiencing
a critical failure. You can configure the audible alarm to sound when a failure occurs, or you can disable the audible alarm.
The audible alarm is just one of three ways that the storage management software alerts you of errors on the . These indications also appear when an error occurs:
The Alarm button in the toolbar becomes animated.
The Recovery Guru button in the toolbar blinks.
In the Logical/Physical pane, attention icons appear next to any component that has an error.
Note:
You can set audible alarms for the controller module or the expansion drawers on each storage subsystem. Audible alarms associated
with expansion drawers continue to sound for any failures that are associated with expansion drawer components regardless
of the alarm settings for the controller module.
To turn on the audible alarm, select Storage Subsystem >> Manage Enclosure Alarm.
Do you want to manage the audible alarm for each enclosure individually?
Select the enclosure on which you would like to configure the audible alarm.
Configure the audible alarm by selecting one of these options:
Always sound an alarm on any affected enclosure – Select this option if you want an audible alarm to sound when there is a critical failure on any affected enclosure.
Never sound an alarm for any enclosure – Select this option if you do not want an audible alarm to sound when there is a critical failure on any enclosure.
Repeat step 3 through step 4 for any additional enclosures.
Click Apply.
Click OK.
To silence the audible alarm after it sounds, perform one of these actions:
Press the Alarm Mute button on the front of the enclosure on which the audible alarm sounding.
Select Storage Subsystem >> Manage Enclosure Alarm, select the enclosure or enclosures on which the audible alarm is sounding, and click Silence Alarm.
A dialog appears that indicates that the audible alarm has been silenced.