Users Guide

Field Description
Email Settings Select to provide the SMTP server name or IP address.
Test Action Allows you to test the e-mail action.
NOTE: After sending the test e-mail, verify that the e-
mail was received successfully and has the expected
content.
NOTE: Alert tokens are substituted at the time the alert action occurs. They are not substituted for a test action.
NOTE: Certain paging vendors support alphanumeric paging through e-mail. OpenManage Essentials supports paging
through the e-mail option.
Trap Forwarding
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps are generated in response to changes in the status of sensors and other
monitored parameters on a managed device. To correctly forward these traps, you must configure an SNMP trap destination,
defined either by IP address or host name. For information about forwarding SNMPv1 and SNMP v2 traps in both the original
format and OMEssentials format, see Forwarding Alerts Use Case Scenarios.
For example, you may want to use trap forwarding if you are in a multi-tiered enterprise environment using OpenManage Essentials
to create associations and forward traps to the enterprise manager.
If the trap is being processed locally and then forwarded to the destination or it is just forwarded to the destination.
Use this window to specify the parameters for configuring trap forwarding.
Table 191. Trap Forwarding
Field Description
Destination Provide the IP address or host name for the system that is
hosting the enterprise management application.
Community Provide the SNMP community to which the destination IP
address or host name belongs.
Forward Trap in Original Format
Select this check box to forward the trap in the same format
received by OpenManage Essentials.
Test Action Forwards a test trap to the specified destination using the
specified community string.
Category and Sources Association
OpenManage Essentials has many alert categories and sources that are predefined and prepopulated for Dell management agents.
Select any of the predefined alert categories or sources to associate it with the alert action or filter. For more information and the
complete list of categories and alert sources, see Alert Categories.
Device Association
You can select predefined groups (device types), custom groups, specific devices, or a device query. Device association currently
only covers predefined groups.
For custom groups, create a custom group using the New Custom Group Wizard. The custom group shows up in the tree.
To use device query, select a query from the list.
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