Users Guide

b) Click Next.
6. In the Severity section, select the severity level of the alert for which this policy must be activated.
a) To select all the severity categories, select the All check box.
b) Click Next.
7. In the Actions section, select one or more check boxes to initiate the following actions when the policy is run:
• Send email to a designated recipient by selecting the Email check box, and specifying data in the fields.
• Configure SNMP alerts by clicking Enable next to the SNMP Trap Forwarding check box. In the SNMP Configuration dialog
box, enter or select data. See Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts.
• Configuring Syslog properties.
• Select the Ignore check box to ignore the alert message and not activate the alert policy.
• Send SMS to a telephone number by entering a phone number in To.
• Control the power of the device by power cycling, turning on, or turn off the device. To shut down an OS before performing
power control actions, select the Shut down OS First check box.
• Run a remote command by clicking Enable next to Remote Script Execution:
• In the Remote Command Setting dialog box, type or select information to set up the remote commands you want to run.
See Execute remote commands and scripts.
• From the drop-down menu, select the script you want to run when this alert policy is run. You can set up running the remote
command also as described in Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings.
• Mobile: Send notifications to the mobile phone(s) registered with this OpenManage Enterprise version. See OpenManage Mobile
settings.
8. Click Next.
9. In the Summary section, details of the alert policy you defined is displayed. Carefully read through the information.
10. Click Finish.
The alert policy is successfully created and listed in the Alert Policies section.
Related information
Alert policies
Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts
By clicking OpenManage Enterprise > Application Settings > Alerts, you can configure the email (SMTP) address that receives
system alerts, SNMP destinations, and Syslog properties. To manage these settings, you must have the OpenManage Enterprise
administrator level credentials.
To configure and authenticate the SMTP server that manages the email communication between the users and OpenManage Enterprise:
1. Expand Email Configuration.
2. Enter the SMTP server network address that sends email messages.
3. To authenticate the SMTP server, select the Enable Authentication check box, and then enter the username and password.
4. By default, the SMTP port number to be accessed is 25. Edit if necessary.
5. Select the Use SSL check box to secure your SMTP transaction.
6. Click Apply.
7. To reset the settings to default attributes, click Discard.
To configure the SNMP trap forwarding:
1. Expand SNMP Configuration.
2. Select the ENABLED check box to enable the respective SNMP traps to send alerts in case of predefined events.
3. In the DESTINATION ADDRESS box, enter the IP address of the destination device that must receive the alert.
4. Select the SNMP version type from the SNMP VERSION drop-down menu. Currently, only SNMP1 and SNMP2 versions are
supported.
5. In the COMMUNITY STRING box, enter the SNMP community string of the device that must receive the alert.
6. Default port number for SNMP traps=162. Edit if necessary. See Supported protocols and ports in OpenManage Enterprise.
7. To test an SNMP message, click the Send button of the corresponding trap.
8. Click Apply. To reset the settings to default attributes, click Discard.
To configure the Syslog messages:
1. Expand Syslog Configuration.
2. Select the check box to enable the Syslog feature on the respective server in the SERVER column.
3. In the DESTINATION ADDRESS/HOST NAME box, enter the IP address of the device that receives the Syslog messages.
Monitoring device alerts
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