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Descriptions of severity types

Each event is associated with a severity type to help you determine priorities for taking corrective action.

Note: Performance Advisor uses only the Normal and Error events.
Severity type Description
Normal A previous abnormal condition for the event source returned to a normal state and the event source is operating within the desired thresholds. To view events with this severity type, you select the Normal option from the filters.
Information The event is a normal occurrence. No action is required.
Warning The event source experienced an occurrence that you should be aware of. Events of this severity do not cause service disruption, and corrective action might not be required.
Error The event source is still performing; however, corrective action is required to avoid service disruption.
Critical A problem occurred that might lead to service disruption if corrective action is not taken immediately.
Emergency The event source unexpectedly stopped performing and experienced unrecoverable data loss. You must take corrective action immediately to avoid extended downtime.
Unknown The event source is in an unknown transitory state. To view events with this severity type, you select the All option.
Unmanaged

The event source is not managed by the NetApp Management Console data protection and provisioning capabilities. No action is required.