User`s guide

58 NovaScale 4020 User’s Guide
Destination MAC Address
This edit box is used to enter the MAC address of the destination machine to which the alert
should be sent. This box is used when the destination IP address is outside the subnet that the
server is on. The MAC address should be entered as a series of six pairs of hex digits separated
by dashes, such as 00-01-62-d0-3e-66. Alphabetic hex digits (a-f) can be entered in uppercase
or lowercase. This edit box is disabled by default and is only activated if the check box is not
checked for Automatically resolve destination MAC address.
Automatically Resolve Destination MAC Address
This check box allows you to specify whether the BMC should automatically attempt to resolve
the MAC address of the destination system. This box is checked by default unless the MAC
address edit box appears to include a valid MAC address.
If this box is not checked, you must provide the MAC address in the Destination MAC Address
field.
When the OK button is clicked, the firmware attempts to resolve the destination MAC address.
If the BMC cannot resolve the address, the screen is redisplayed with the box unchecked and
you are asked to provide the MAC address in the Destination Gateway MAC Address field. If
the screen is redisplayed due to a MAC address resolution issue, any user data previously
entered, other than the MAC address information, remains in place.
Number of Retries
This edit box allows you to enter the number of times to retry sending an alert to a given
destination. If alert acknowledge is enabled, then retries are sent only when if a timeout occurs
while waiting for the acknowledgement. If alert acknowledge is disabled, the number of retries
is equal to the number of times an unacknowledged alert is sent out.
If the number of retries is set to 0, only a single attempt is made to send the alert. When a
number greater than 0 is entered, the alert will be retried only if a timeout occurs while waiting
for the acknowledgement.
The number of retries must between 0 and 7.
Retry Interval
This edit box is used to set the retry interval for sending an alert or to set the acknowledge
timeout when Enable Alert Acknowledge is enabled. The value entered into this field is
disregarded if Enable Alert Acknowledge is disabled.
The retry interval is in seconds, with a recommended value of 3 seconds. The retry value must
be between 1 and 255.
Enable Alert Acknowledge
This check box should be checked if the destination IP address should send an
acknowledgement when an alert is received. If this box is checked, then an alert is only
assumed to have been successfully sent if an acknowledgement is received.
Use Default Gateway
This check box should be checked if the IP address entered as the default gateway IP address
for the LAN channel on the first LAN configuration screen should be used as the gateway for
this destination IP address. If this box is not checked, the backup gateway IP address is used as
the gateway IP address.