Server hardware maintenance mode

Performing routine maintenance operations on servers causes many events to be generated on the associated server hardware resource and server profile. If notification features are enabled, the events cause many email notifications and forwarded SNMP traps to be sent. While the maintenance activity is in progress, you might not want to receive all the notifications.

Enabling server maintenance mode prevents the appliance from sending any email notifications or forwarding any SNMP traps that are related to the server hardware and its associated profile. While the notifications are blocked, maintenance mode does not affect normal server or profile operations, and all events generated on the server are seen on the HPE OneView appliance UI.

Disabling maintenance mode causes email notifications and SNMP trap forwarding to return to normal. No attempt is made to send any events that occurred during the maintenance mode. However, if there are any active alerts when maintenance mode is disabled, a single event will be sent, alerting that the server has events that require attention.

The icon is displayed on both the master pane and the details pane to indicate that a server is in maintenance mode. The Hardware panel of the Server Hardware screen displays In maintenance mode text in the State field.