Users Guide

Field Description
Type The alert action type — App Launch, Email, Ignore, and
Trap Forward.
Description The description of the alert action.
To The e-mail addresses to which the e-mail is sent.
From The e-mail address from whom the e-mail originates.
Subject The subject of the e-mail which may include alert tokens.
Message The message of the e-mail which may include alert tokens.
Destination The destination name or IP address used for trap forwarding.
Community The community string used for trap forwarding.
Executable Name The name of the executable, script, or batch le to be used by
the alert action.
Arguments The command line arguments used when invoking the
alert action.
Associated Severity The alert severity criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Alert Categories The alert category criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Alert Sources The alert source criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Device Groups The alert source device group criteria used when
matching alerts.
Associated Devices The alert source device criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Date Range The alert date range criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Time Range The alert time range criteria used when matching alerts.
Associated Days The alert days criteria used when matching alerts.
Minimum Repeat Time If enabled, species the minimum time in seconds between two
of the same alerts from the same device.
Alert Categories
OpenManage Essentials has many alert categories and sources that are predened and pre populated for management agents.
Alert categories are organizational levels of the Alert Categories tree. Alert sources specify the low level details of each alert. To
monitor the alert categories and sources, apply an alert action association to the alert source or to its parent category.
This page provides a list of categories and the alerts sources within that category. Use this page to congure alerts based on
categories.
Alert Categories Options
Table 204. Alert Categories Options
Field Description
Brocade-Switch Select this category to include alerts for Brocade-Switch.
Compellent Select this category to include alerts for Compellent storage
devices.
Advanced Infrastructure Management Select this category to include alerts for Advanced
Infrastructure Management.
Environmental Select this category to include alerts for temperature, fan
enclosure, fan speed, thermal, and cooling.
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