Users Guide

Setting event alerts
You can set event alerts such as e-mail alerts, IPMI alerts, SNMP traps, remote system logs, operating system logs, and WS events
to be sent to congured destinations.
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Enabling or disabling alerts
Conguring email alert, SNMP trap, or IPMI trap settings
Filtering alerts
Conguring remote system logging
Conguring WS Eventing
Conguring Redsh Eventing
Setting event alerts using web interface
To set an event alert using the web interface:
1. Make sure that you have congured the e-mail alert, IPMI alert, SNMP trap settings, and/or remote system log settings.
2. Go to Overview → Server → Alerts.
The Alerts page is displayed.
3. Under Alerts Results, select one or all of the following alerts for the required events:
• Email Alert
• SNMP Trap
• IPMI Alert
• Remote System Log
• OS Log
• WS Eventing
4. Click Apply.
The setting is saved.
5. Under Alerts section, select the Enable option to send alerts to congured destinations.
6. Optionally, you can send a test event. In the Message ID to Test Event eld, enter the message ID to test if the alert is
generated and click
Test. For the list of message IDs, see the Event Messages Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Setting event alerts using RACADM
To set an event alert, use the eventlters command. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface
Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Setting alert recurrence event
You can congure iDRAC to generate additional events at specic intervals if the system continues to operate at a temperature
which is greater than the inlet temperature threshold limit. The default interval is 30 days. The valid range is 0 to 366 days. A value of
‘0’ indicates no event recurrence.
NOTE: You must have Congure iDRAC privilege to set the alert recurrence value.
Setting alert recurrence events using iDRAC web interface
To set the alert recurrence value:
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Server → Alerts → Alert Recurrence.
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