The Events and Alarms page enables or disables all hardware alarms. The current alert status is displayed under vCenter Alarms tab.
It configures filtering options for the incoming events and alerts, such as:

• Do not post any events.
• Post all events.
• Post only Critical or Warning events.
• Post only virtualization-related critical and warning events (default setting).

A critical event indicates actual or imminent loss of data or system function. A warning event is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem. Events are displayed on the vCenter Tasks & Events tab in the Hosts and Clusters view.

Default Setting: Associated alarms and actions are registered but disabled. You can enable or disable alarms more selectively using the VMware’s alarm manager.

Use these steps to select event posting options, plus enable, disable, or restore alarms:

1. Click Edit to display the configuration options.
2. Select the appropriate Event Posting Level:
   • Do not post any Events: select to block hardware events.
   • Post All Events: select to post every hardware event.
   • Post only Critical and Warning Events: select to post only critical or warning-level hardware events.
   • Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events: select to post only virtualization-related critical and warning events; this is the default event posting level.
3. Select the Enable Alarms for Dell Hosts check box to enable all hardware alarms and events.
4. Click Restore Default vCenter Alarms on All Dell Servers to restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers.
5. Click Save to apply changes or click Cancel to retain previous settings.

Caution: Dell hosts with Enabled alarms will respond to Critical events by entering maintenance mode. You are ask to view affected clusters in a confirmation message.

View or download Dell virtualization documentation at: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/eslvmwre/
View or download Dell hardware documentation for PowerEdge™ Servers