IBM XIV User Manual

Generating a Custom Event
Generates a mm event.
mm_event description=Description
[ severity=<INFORMATIONAL|WARNING|MINOR|MAJOR|CRITICAL> ] category=Category
mm_data=AdditionalData
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory Default
descriptio
n
String Description of the
event.
Y N/A
severity N/A Severity of the
event.
N Informational
category String Category of the
event.
Y N/A
mm_data String Additional data for
the event.
Y N/A
This command generates an mm event. This can be used for either generating an
event from a user application or host side software, or in order to test the event
notifications procedures.
Example:
mm_event description="Description" category=Disk mm_data="Additional Data"
Access Control:
User Category Permission
Storage administrator Allowed
Storage integration administrator Disallowed
Application administrator Disallowed
Security administrator Disallowed
Read-only users Disallowed
Technicians Disallowed
Receiving a MM Heartbeat
Receives a mm heartbeat.
mm_heartbeat data=HeartbeatData mm=ComponentId serial=SN part_number=PartNumber
total_memory=2048 free_memory=100 temperature=20 version=4.6 free_disk_tmp=200
free_disk_root=1000 free_disk_opt=900 free_disk_var=900
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory
data String Heartbeat data. Y
mm N/A Component id of
maintenance module.
Y
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture