Monitoring Server Events

MegaRAID Storage Manager monitors the activity and performance of all of the controllers in the server and the devices attached to them. When an event occurs—such as a drive failure or a new hot spare creation—an event message appears in the log displayed at the bottom of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu. These event messages also appear in the Windows Application log (the Event Viewer).

Each message that appears in the event log has a severity level that indicates the importance of the event, as the following table shows, a date and timestamp, and a brief description. You can click an event to display the same information in a window. Each event in the log includes a severity level and a brief description. For a list of all events, see Events and Messages. The status bar at the bottom of the screen indicates whether the log is a server log or a locally stored log file.

Table 2. Severity Level and Default Alert Delivery Methods

Severity Level	Default Alert Delivery Method	Meaning
Information	Vivaldi log/MegaRAID Storage Manager log and System log	Informational message. No user action is necessary.
Warning	Vivaldi log/MegaRAID Storage Manager log and System log	A component might be close to a failure point.
Critical	Vivaldi log/MegaRAID Storage Manager log, System log, and Popup Notification	A component has failed, but the system has not lost data.
Fatal	Vivaldi log/MegaRAID Storage Manager log, System log, Popup Notification, and Email Notification	A component has failed, and data loss has occurred or will occur.

When a server log appears, the Log menu has these options:

Save Log

Saves the current log to a .log file.

Save Log Text

Saves the current log in .txt format.

View Saved Log

Enables you to load a local .log file.

Clear Log

Clears the current log information. You have the option to save the log first.