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Introduction
Best practices for Alert Management using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
Table of contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Power Manager Events ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Alert Definition .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
3 Alert Filter ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7
4 Alert Forward Prerequisite Settings.............................................................................................................................. 8
5 Alert Trap Forward Action ............................................................................................................................................ 9
5.1 Creating an Alert Trap Forward Action ............................................................................................................... 9
5.2 Open Manage Enterprise Event Management ................................................................................................. 14
6 Alert Email Action ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
6.1 Creating an Alert Email Action .......................................................................................................................... 16
7 Alert Forward Action for Syslog Watcher ................................................................................................................... 17
7.1 Creating an Alert Action for Syslog Watcher .................................................................................................... 18
8 Alert Ignore Action ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
8.1 Creating an Alert Ignore Action ........................................................................................................................ 19
9 Generic Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 20
10 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
11 Technical Support ...................................................................................................................................................... 22