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VRTX Alert Management
Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................... 4
Terminology ....................................................................................... 4
Logging Types ..................................................................................... 5
Chassis Events ..................................................................................... 5
Chassis Alert Enablement ....................................................................... 7
Types of Logging .................................................................................. 7
Chassis Log...................................................................................... 7
Chassis Log Format ........................................................................ 7
SEL Log .......................................................................................... 8
Types of Alerting Techniques .................................................................. 12
Email Alert ..................................................................................... 12
Email Alert Settings ...................................................................... 13
SMTP (Email) Server Settings ............................................................ 13
SNMP Trap ..................................................................................... 16
SNMP components ......................................................................... 16
SNMP Manager ............................................................................. 17
SNMP–Managed Devices .................................................................. 17
SNMP Agent ................................................................................ 17
Management Information Base (MIB) .................................................. 17
Enabling the r-syslog in Linux .............................................................. 21