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Alert Forward Prerequisite Settings
Best practices for Alert Management using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager
4 Alert Forward Prerequisite Settings
Following are the prerequisites for forwarding Power Manager alerts:
• Configure the target IP address, where Power Manager alerts need to be forwarded and
community string in Open Manage console in below path.
- Application SettingsAlertsSNMP Configuration
• Configure trap forward format in below path.
- Application SettingsConsole PreferenceTrap Froward FormatNormalized (Valid for all
Formats)
Note: To forward Power Manager alerts from Console1  Console2, trap forward format should be
Normalized (Valid for all Format).
Note: In this case you have alerts forwarded from Console1  Console2 (In SNMP Format) and later this
needs to be forwarded from Console2  Console3 (In Original Format), trap forward format should be
Original Format (Valid for SNMP traps only).