Users Guide

Field Description
Generic Trap ID Displays the generic trap ID of the SNMP trap that you want to
monitor from the required event source.
Specific Trap ID Displays the specific trap ID of the SNMP trap that you want to
monitor from the required event source.
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Alert Source
Each Alert Category contains alert sources. Click an alert category to view alert sources. Expand a category to view the list of alert
sources, and select an alert source.
Table 198. Alert Source
Field Description
Name The name of the new alert source, for example, myFanAlert.
Type The protocol information.
Catalog Provides the catalog information.
Severity Specifies the severity assigned to the alert that is triggered if
the alert source generates the specified SNMP trap.
Format string Provides the message string that appears in the Alert Logs if
the alert source generates an alert of sufficient severity to
trigger the alert. You can use formatting commands to specify
parts of the message string. For SNMP, the valid formatting
commands are:
$n = system name
$d = date
$t = time
$s = severity
$e = enterprise object identifier (OID)
$sp = specific trap OID
$g = generic trap OID
$1 - $# = varbind values
SNMP Enterprise OID Provides the enterprise OID (SNMP OID prefix) of the
management information base (MIB) file that defines the event
source that you want to monitor.
SNMP Generic Trap OID Provides the generic trap ID of the SNMP trap that you want to
monitor from the desired event source. See the Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator SNMP Reference Guide
at dell.com/OpenManageManuals for more information on
SNMP traps.
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