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Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification
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To configure the SNMP community name string:
config command
racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o cfgIpmiPetCommunityName [name]
where [name] is the SNMP Community Name
set command
racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentCommunity [name]
where [name] is the SNMP Community Name
To test the trap, if required:
racadm testtrap -i [index]
where [index] is the trap destination index
To configure the trap format:
racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.TrapFormat [format]
where [format] is the SNMP v1 or SNMP v2 format; the value can either be set to 0 or 1
IPMI PET alerts
Most Dell PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7 support IPMI PET alerts. The IPMI trap event format is
specified in the PET specification (see http://download.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/PET100.pdf). To
help decode IPMI trap information, Dell provides a Management Information Base (MIB) file
(DcAsfSrv.mib) on the OpenManage DVD and on Support.Dell.com.
IPMI alerts are more difficult to decode than SNMP alerts. You need to correlate events with the MIB
file and/or sensor information to decode an IPMI alert. You can retrieve sensor information from
iDRAC7 using a standard IPMI utility, such as ipmitool, which is also located on the OpenManage DVD
and on Support.Dell.com.