Get information about the alert, which includes the affected resource, alert severity, probable cause, possible effect, and corrective actions.

Get detailed information about the alert, such as the time when the alert was raised and whether anyone else has acknowledged the alert already.

Get health-related information about the state of the affected resource or subsystem, such as a specific shelf or disk.

Acknowledge the alert to indicate that someone is working on the problem, and identify yourself as the “Acknowledger.”

Resolve the problem by taking the corrective actions provided in the alert, such as fixing cabling to resolve a connectivity problem.

Delete the alert, if the system did not automatically clear it.

Suppress an alert to prevent it from affecting the health status of a subsystem.