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Configuring Sensor Alarms
234 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
T To Begin Configuring a Sensor Alarm
Perform this procedure to monitor a sensor on a specific devices and
configure an alarm trigger and a notification to be sent if the specified alarm
trigger occurs. See “OnBoard Notifications” on page 43.
1. Log into the Web Manager as an administrative user and go to Config →
Sensor Alarms.
2. Click the “Add new alarm” button.
The add sensor alarm dialog appears.
3. Select a device from the “Device” pull-down menu.
4. Specify the sensor to monitor in the “Sensor” field.
5. Select a condition to trigger the sensor alarm from the “Condition” pull-
down menu.
6. When the condition selected in Step 5 is inside or outside a range, specify
the range in the “Range” fields.
7. Specify a polling interval and choose “minutes” or “hours” from the
“Interval” pull-down menu.
8. Select the desired notification action from the “Action” pull-down menu.
9. Enter a comment, if desired, in the “Comment” field.
10. Go to the appropriate procedure from the following table, depending on
which option is selected from the “Action” menu in Step 8.
Configuring a “Syslog Message” Sensor Alarm
Action
The following figure shows the fields that appear when “Syslog Message” is
selected on the “Action” menu on the Config → Sensor Alarms screen that is
shown in Figure 7-28.
To Configure a Syslog Message Sensor Alarm Action Page 235
To Configure an SNMP Trap Sensor Alarm Action Page 236
To Configure a Pager Sensor Alarm Action Page 238
To Configure an Email Sensor Alarm Action Page 240