Users Guide

Field Description
NOTE: Alert actions are run when a matching alert is
received; so the alert application launch action is a script
or batch le that does not require user interaction.
E-Mail Conguration
You can congure Essentials so that you receive e-mail each time the alert associations for your devices meet specic alert criteria.
For example, you may want to receive an e-mail message for all warning and critical alerts.
Use this window to specify the parameters for conguring the e-mail alert action.
Table 195. E-Mail Conguration
Field Description
To Species a valid e-mail address served by the company's SMTP
server of the person who is to receive the e-mail.
From Species the originating e-mail address.
Subject Specify the e-mail subject using text or the available alert
tokens.
Message Specify the e-mail message using text or the available alert
tokens.
Email Settings Select to provide the SMTP server name or IP address.
Test Action Allows you to test the e-mail action.
NOTE: After sending the test e-mail, verify that the e-
mail was received successfully and has the expected
content.
NOTE: Alert tokens are substituted at the time the alert action occurs. They are not substituted for a test action.
NOTE: Certain paging vendors support alphanumeric paging through e-mail. OpenManage Essentials supports paging
through the e-mail option.
Trap Forwarding
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps are generated in response to changes in the status of sensors and other
monitored parameters on a managed device. To correctly forward these traps, you must congure an SNMP trap destination,
dened either by IP address or host name. For information about forwarding SNMPv1 and SNMP v2 traps in both the original format
and OMEssentials format, see Forwarding Alerts Use Case Scenarios.
For example, you may want to use trap forwarding if you are in a multi-tiered enterprise environment using OpenManage Essentials
to create associations and forward traps to the enterprise manager.
If the trap is being processed locally and then forwarded to the destination or it is just forwarded to the destination.
Use this window to specify the parameters for conguring trap forwarding.
Table 196. Trap Forwarding
Field Description
Destination Provide the IP address or host name for the system that is
hosting the enterprise management application.
Community Provide the SNMP community to which the destination IP
address or host name belongs.
Forward Trap in Original Format
Select this check box to forward the trap in the same format
received by OpenManage Essentials.
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