Paul,
In my humble opinion, the RED/YELLOW/GREEN notation is not going to be a good
idea. Even though I noticed this wording right way, even I couldn't remember
what YELLOW meant. I believe using this terminology is going to confuse people
more than it is going to help them.
I would like to suggest an alternative, as follows:
1. If you want to use my idea about red/yellow/green "H" icons as a 'hint' of
the system's current condition, that's ok but not critical.
2. Instead of RED, YELLOW, GREEN, use:
CPU STATUS: 2 INACTIVE instead of RED
CPU STATUS: 1 INACTIVE 1 ACTIVE instead of YELLOW
CPU STATUS: 2 ACTIVE instead of GREEN
or something like that. If you wish to make the display less technical when all
CPUs are running or not running, you could use this for a single-CPU
configuration:
CPU STATUS: INACTIVE instead of RED
(YELLOW state cannot occur)
CPU STATUS: ACTIVE instead of GREEN
and this for a multi-CPU configuration:
CPU STATUS: ALL INACTIVE instead of RED
CPU STATUS: 1 INACTIVE 1 ACTIVE instead of YELLOW
CPU STATUS: ALL ACTIVE instead of GREEN
Instead of forcing users to guess what the precise active/disabled situation is
based on the color coded activity level, you are telling them in plain english
exactly what the situation is.
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Post by Robert Hodge________________________________
Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 11:35:49 AM
Subject: [hercules-390] Re: What does System Status: RED mean on Hercules
console?
RED - System is not operational
YELLOW - It is running but one or more engines are in a disabled wait, or not
started
GREEN - everything is normal
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