IBM SAN32M1, Installation And Service Manual

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151 Chapter 2: Installation tasks
Modify an alert
Use the following steps to modify an existing threshold alert
configuration.
1. Select Threshold Alerts from the Configure menu.
The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box displays.
2. Select the alert that you want to modify by clicking the alert
information in the table.
3. If the alert is active, select Deactivate, then select the alert
information in the table again.
4. Select Modify.
NOTE: If the alert is active, an error message displays prompting you to
deactivate the alert.
An initial Modify Threshold screen appears where you can change
the threshold type.
5. Select a threshold type from the drop-down list.
6. Select Next when you are done. A Modify Threshold screen appears
where you can change the % utilization, cumulative minutes for
the threshold to occur before notification, and the time interval for
measuring throughput and for alert notification.
7. Make appropriate changes, then continue through the Modify
Threshold screens, making changes as necessary, until the
summary screen appears displaying the alert configuration.
8. Perform either of the following steps:
• If you need to change any parameters, select Previous and Next
to display the desired Modify Threshold screen.
• Select Finish when you are done.
Activate or
deactivate alerts
Use the following steps to activate or deactivate existing threshold
alerts. In the active state, notifications are generated for the alert. In
the inactive state, notifications do not occur.
1. Select Threshold Alerts from the Configure menu.
The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box displays. The port’s
current state, deactive or active, is listed under the State column.
2. To change the state, select the alert information in the table.