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Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification

 Additional alert subsystem categories

 Column-separated information, such as severity type (info, warning, and critical), category type,

and action type

 Recommended actions specified for each alert

 Support for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 alerts

 No requirement for an operating system agent for SNMP alerts, meaning no additional software

installations for the host operating system

 Fully qualified domain name supported for email, SNMP, and IPMI alert destinations

 Capability for testing configured events

Filtering alerts by category and severity levels

You can sort and search for alerts by either category or severity using the iDRAC7 web interface.

Supported alert category types in include:

 System Health

 Storage

 Configuration

 Audit

 Updates

 Work Notes

Supported alert severity types in include:

 Critical

 Warning

 Informational

You can select as many alert categories or severity levels as you need when searching for alerts. See

Figure 1.

Alert categories and severity levels Figure 1.

Note: Alert filters are session based. The selected alert filters will revert to the default state once you

refresh the page or end the session.