1.1  Description of SEA

SEA is a fault analysis utility designed to provide analysis for single error/fault events, as well as multiple events and complex analysis. In addition to the traditional binary error log, SEA provides system analysis capabilities that use other error/fault data sources.

SEA provides background automatic analysis by monitoring the active binary error log and processing events as they occur. The events in the binary error log file are checked against the analysis rules, and if one or more of the events in the binary error log file meets the conditions specified in the rules, the analysis engine collects the error data and creates a problem report containing a description of the problem and any corrective actions required. Once the problem report is created, it is distributed in accordance with the customer's notification preferences.

SEA supplies a web-based user interface that connects to the Director and can perform a variety of tasks from a remotely connected web browser. In addition, a set of command-line tools enable diagnosis of binary event logs without connecting to the Director.