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Configuring Notifications
226 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
Configuring Notifications
When an administrative user goes to Config → Notifications, the screen
shown in the following figure appears. The administrative user can use this
screen for defining alarm triggers to generate notifications when the specified
events occur. The syslogd filters what kinds of messages and takes the
specified action based on the content of the messages. The administrative user
specifies the notices to be sent by one of the following methods:
•SNMP trap
• Pager
•Email
Figure 7-23:Default Config → Notifications Screen
The screen shown in Figure 7-23 is the default screen with no triggers listed.
To configure a notification, the administrative user clicks the “Add” button
after selecting one of the notification methods from the menu. The dialog that
appears next has different fields and menu options depending on which
notification method was selected.
The following table shows the fields for configuring any type of notification.
Table 7-3: Values for Configuring Any Type of Notification
Checkbox, Field, or
Menu Name
Description
Scan device console
session for matches
As stated