User`s guide

Configuration Software and Utilities 67
Configure Policies Button
This button provides access to the screen that displays the current settings of all entries in the
policy table, where you define the settings associated with the policy numbers used in the
Policy number associated with this event filter drop-down box.
Alert Policy Table
The figure on the following page shows all the entries in the alert policy table, regardless of
whether any settings are associated with a particular entry. All entries are shown because the
entries in the table are order-dependent, so that when an alert occurs, entries in the table are
processed from top to bottom as the firmware attempts to match table entries with the policy
number associated with the event that caused the alert. By seeing all entries, you are able to
ensure that the entries are in the correct order.
One use of the policy table is to be able to specify multiple destinations for alerts that occur.
This can be done by assigning the same policy number to multiple entries in the table; but
specifying different destinations in the destination field. If one policy is associated with
multiple entries in the policy table, you can further refine the destinations that receive alerts by
using the policy type.
Because the firmware goes through the table in order from top to bottom, when an event occurs,
the table is searched in order for entries in which the policy number matches the policy number
associated with the event filter. Therefore, the alert is sent to the destinations in the order in
which they are encountered in the policy table. Make sure the destinations appear in the table in
the desired order.