Chapter 9. Maintaining Units144 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User GuideEvent messages are categorized into the following levels of severity:• Errors (high severity events), shown next to a red box• Warnings, shown next to a yellow box• Information, shown next to a blue boxExamples of event messages:• Error: Unclean shutdown• Warning: Degraded unit• Information: Start and completion of rebuilding, verifying, initializing,migrating, and so forth.3DM can e-mail notifications of these events to one or more recipients. Formore information, see “Managing E-mail Event Notification” on page 82.If your 3ware RAID controller is installed in a Windows system, theWinAVAlarm alert utility can notify you of events immediately with anaudible alarm and a popup message. For details, see “Using the Alert UtilityUnder Windows” on page 144.A list of the possible error and other event messages is provided under “Errorand Notification Messages” on page 224.To view alarms, errors and other events in 3DM1 Choose Monitor > Alarms.The Alarms page displays, listing all event notifications.2 For details about a particular alarm, click it.A Help window opens with additional information about the alarm.To see an explanation of a specific item in 3DM• Click on the message you are interested in, on the 3DM Alarms page.A help topic opens with additional information.Using the Alert Utility Under WindowsAn alert utility, WinAVAlarm, is automatically installed on Windows systemswhen 3DM is installed. It can provide immediate notification of events,through a popup message and an audible alert. By default it is set to notify youwhenever an error (high-severity event) occurs, through both a popupmessage and an audible alert. You can configure the alert settings to specifytypes of events you want to be notified of: Errors, Warnings, or Information.
