Deployment Guide

Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description Applicable Systems
--filteraction powercycle,
reset,
powerdown,
power
reduction,
none
Sets the event filter action for the
filter specified using the filter sub-
option. This sub-option depends on
the filter sub-option. This sub-
option can be replicated.
--hostname <string>
Sets the host name (maximum of 62
printable ASCII characters) for the
BMC. This sub-option can be
replicated.
The hostname string must comprise
only the followig characters: hyphen
(-) , underscore (_) , and period (.) .
The length of the hostname string
must be 62 characters or less for
PowerEdge 9G systems and later.
--filteralert
enable,
disable
Enables or disables alerts for the filter
specified using the filter sub-option.
This sub-option is dependent on the
filter sub-option. This sub-option can
be replicated.
--alertpolnum 1, 2, 3, 4
Specifies the alert policy entry
number. This sub-option can be
replicated.
--
alertpolstatus
enable,
disable
Enables or disables the alert policy
specified using the alertpolnum
sub-option. This sub-option can be
replicated. This sub-option is
dependent on the alertpolnum
sub-option.
Example: (to set the PEF
configuration parameters):
Example 1 (To configure the PEF so
that the system is powered down in
response to a fan failure event):
A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --
filter= fanfail--
filteraction=powerdown
pefcfgparams
filter=fanfail
filteraction=powerdown
Example 2 (To configure the PEF so
that a PEF alert is not sent to the
destination IP address in response to a
chassis intrusion event):
A:>syscfg pefcfgparams --
filter= intrusion--
filteralert=disable
pefcfgparams filter=
intrusion
filteralert=disable
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