Quick Reference Guide

DRAC III and DRAC 4 Property Database Group and Object Definitions 213
Event Filter Operation and Event Mask Properties
The DRAC 4 alert filter scans the alert enable database properties before it scans the event masks.
(An event mask is a bit sequence that specifies information about the DRAC 4- or managed-system-
generated event, such as the event’s origin, type, and severity).
NOTE: Throughout this document, objects are always referred to by group name and object name, separated by
a space.
The DRAC 4 alert filter operates according to the following general steps:
• The DRAC 4 alert filter scans all of the objects in the alert enable property group ID is cfgUserAdmin .
The object ID for this group is:
– cfgUserAdmin cfgUserAdminPageEmailEnable
If this object’s property values is TRUE , it scans the event masks in the User table.
• The DRAC 4 alert filter scans the
cfgTraps cfgTrapsEnable object. If this object’s property value is
TRUE , it scans the event masks in the Traps table.
The following subsections describe the event masks for DRAC 4-generated events and
managed-system-generated events defined in the User table and the Trap table.
DRAC 4-Generated Event Mask Definitions
The cfgUserAdmin cfgUserdminAlertFilter {Rac, Sys} EventMask properties are an unsigned
32-bit integer property that holds the filter information for DRAC 4-generated events. The bit
definitions in Table A-4 apply.
where <bmcMask> has the following bit definitions:
• Bit-0: 1 = Send alert for DRAC 4 communication with BMC and lost or restored communication
between the DRAC 4 and BMC.
• Bit-1: 1 = Send alert for DRAC 4 lost communication with BMC.
• Bit-2: Reserved.
• Bit-3: Reserved.
Table A-4. DRAC 4-Generated Event Mask Bit Definitions
Bits Data Type
28–31 DRAC 4 undefined reserved
24–27 DRAC 4 miscellaneous alerts <Miscmask>
20–23 DRAC 4 BMC communication alerts <BMCmask>