Users Guide

NOTE: Only one filter mask may be set for both SNMP and email alerting. You can skip step 2 if

you have already selected the filter mask.

2. Enable alert generation:

racadm config -g cfgAlerting -o cfgAlertingEnable 1

3. Enable traps alerts:

racadm config -g cfgTraps -o cfgTrapsEnable 1 -i <index>

where <index> is a value between 1–4. CMC uses the index number to distinguish up to four

configurable destinations for traps alerts. Destinations may be specified as appropriately formatted

numeric addresses (IPv6 or IPv4), or Fully-Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs).

4. Specify a destination IP address to receive the traps alert:

racadm config -g cfgTraps -o cfgTrapsAlertDestIPAddr <IP address> -i <index>

where <IP address> is a valid destination, and <index> is the index value specified in step 3.

5. Specify the community name:

racadm config -g cfgTraps -o cfgTrapsCommunityName <community name> -i

<index>

where <community name> is the SNMP community to which the chassis belongs, and <index> is

the index value specified in steps 4 and 5.

NOTE: CMC uses a default SNMP community string as public. To ensure higher security, it is

recommended to change the default community string and set a value which is not blank.

You can configure up to four destinations to receive traps alerts. To add more destinations, repeat

steps 2–5.

NOTE: The commands in steps 2–5 overwrites any existing settings configured for the index

specified (1–4). To determine whether an index has previously configured values, type: racadm

getconfig -g cfgTraps -i <index>. If the index is configured, values appear for the

cfgTrapsAlertDestIPAddr and cfgTrapsCommunityName objects.

6. To test an event trap for an alert destination, type:

racadm testtrap -i <index>

where <index> is a value 1–4 representing the alert destination you want to test.

If you are not sure of the index number, use:

racadm getconfig -g cfgTraps -i <index>

Configuring E-Mail Alert Settings

When CMC detects a chassis event, such as an environmental warning or a component failure, it can be

configured to send an e-mail alert to one or more e-mail addresses.

You must configure the SMTP email server to accept relayed emails from the CMC IP address, a feature

which is normally turned off in most mail servers due to security concerns. For instructions to do this in a

secure manner, see the documentation that was provided with the SMTP server.

NOTE: If your mail server is Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, make sure that CMC domain name is

configured for the mail server to receive the email alerts from CMC.

NOTE: Email alerts support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. The DRAC DNS Domain Name must be

specified when using IPv6.