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Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform
Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform
Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/Inform
The dialog box displays more information about the alert as well as some
suggestions for fixing the problem. When you have reviewed an alert, the
“New” icon is no longer displayed. Closing an alert indicates that it is no longer
a problem.
The following table shows the common faults and how they are indicated.
Table 5-1. Find/Fix/Inform Faults
Problem How the Problem is Indicated
Fault 1: Problem Driver or Network
Interface Card (NIC)
Indicated by long or short packets with good
CRCs.
Fault 2: Problem XCVR or NIC Indicated by long packets with bad CRCs.
Fault 3: Problem Cable Indicated by normal size packets with CRC
errors.
Fault 4. Cable Length/Repeater Hops Indicated by late collisions.
Fault 5: Over Bandwidth Indicated by a high collision rate.
Fault 6: Broadcast Storm Indicated by a high rate of broadcast packets.
Fault 7: Auto Partition (hubs only) Indicated by a port repeatedly partitioning and
healing due to a network loop or problem cable.
Fault 8: Misconfigured SQE (hub only) Indicates a misconfigured transceiver detected
by internal hardware.
Fault 9: Polarity reversal (hub only) Indicates a mis-wired cable detected by internal
hardware.
Fault 10: Network Loops Indicated by a high traffic level in correlation
with duplicate traffic on the network.
Fault 11: Link Loss Lost link beat to a cascade port.
The Find/Fix/Inform function runs continuously in the background at a sensi-
tivity threshold level that you select. Sensitivity threshold settings control the
severity of the alerts that are displayed. The settings internally adjust the
counter thresholds automatically.
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