Event Severity

The event severity attribute indicates the category of the event that has been generated. This attribute is required in the event generation group.

The syntax of the event severity definition is:

name = "event severity"
id = 2
description = "The severity of this event."
type =  start enumeration
           0x001 = "Monitor"
           0x002 = "Information"
           0x004 = "OK"
           0x008 = "Non-Critical"
           0x00A = "Critical"
           0x00C = "Non-Recoverable"
        end enumeration
access = read-only
storage = specific

value = 0

The enumeration list in this definition cannot be changed.

The events with a severity of Monitor and Information are used to provide information about the event but do not indicate the state of the component that generated the event. Severities of OK, Non-Critical, Critical, and Non-Recoverable, however, are state-based.

Monitor

Used for periodic events generated by transaction-oriented components.
Information
Used to indicate change that is not considered a problem. Information events are not periodic or expected.
OK
Used to indicate that the component has entered the normal state, either for the first time (on initialization, for example) or after a problem state (Non-Critical, Critical, Non-Recoverable) has cleared.
Non-Critical
Used to indicate that a problem needs to be corrected, although no time period for correction is associated.
Critical
Used to indicate that a problem needs to be corrected within a specific time period.
Non-Recoverable
Used to indicate that a problem needs to be corrected immediately. Non-Recoverable events indicate serious failure situations.

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