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Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification

Testing configured events

After configuring alerts, you can test the configuration of each event.

1. In the IDRAC7 web interface, enter the message ID of an alert in the Message ID to Test Event

field. See Figure 11.

For a list of valid message IDs, see the Dell Event Message Reference or the Dell Event/Error

Message Reference 2.0 on Dell.com.

Each alert message starts with a three- or four-character code to identify the problem area. This

code is followed by a three- or four-digit number that specifies the actual error.

2. Click Test to send the configured event to the respective SNMP, IPMI, email, remote syslog, and

WS Eventing alerts.

Testing a configured event Figure 11.

Configuring network settings for alerts

For alerts to work correctly, you must configure the iDRAC7 network settings for a DNS server and a

domain name. You can configure the iDRAC7 network settings using either the iDRAC7 web interface

or RACADM CLI.

Configuring networks settings in the iDRAC7 web interface

1. Select Overview > iDRAC Settings > Network.

2. Under Common Settings select Register DRAC on DNS.

3. In the same section, either select Auto Config Domain Name, or enter a static DNS Domain

Name.

4. Under IPv4 Settings, either select Use DHCP to obtain DNS server addresses, or manually enter

the IP address of your DNS server.

5. For IPv6, you can use the Autoconfiguration Enable feature, or manually enter the IP and DNS

information. When using IPv6, make sure you specify the iDRAC DNS domain name under

Common Settings.

Configuring networks settings using RACADM commands

For instructions, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 1.30.30 and CMC 4.3.