The SAN (Storage Area Network) State
Dictionary provides secondary state values that can be used to
complement any other standard state system such as OSI, Bellcore,
SNMP or SONET. The secondary states included in this dictionary can
be used to model and represent any state with a numeric value. For
instance, any numeric value corresponding to SAN information can be
modeled using this state system. Any secondary state in the SAN
State Dictionary can be represented graphically by a gauge, a
chart, or a numeric counter.
The SAN secondary numeric states hold a numeric value ranging from
0 to 2^32-1. You can configure the valid interval for the SAN
secondary numeric states using the
IltLimitedNumericState API. You can also
configure the graphic representation of each state as a gauge,
chart or counter.
The valid interval for the SAN secondary
numeric states can be configured, as shown in this code extract:
IltSAN.SecState.Allocated.setMaxValue(new Integer(100));
This dictionary can be extended by the
JViews TGO user to take into
account his own state definitions and their associated decorations.
More information about extensions is provided in
Creating new SAN secondary states.