Owner's Manual

108 Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
3 Enter a descriptive name for the filter. For example, Jane’s Network
Warning and Critical
.
4 Under Severity , select the severity of the events for which you want
to receive alerts and logs.
Jane selects
Warning and Critical .
Click
Next .
5 Under Alert Category Configuration , either select Select All , or select the
categories of events to include in the alert filter.
Jane selects
Select All because she wants to be notified of any warning or
critical event that affects her network switches or servers.
Click
Next .
6 Under Device/Group Configuration , select the devices or groups to
associate with the new action alert filter.
Jane selects
Servers and Network Devices .
Click
Next .
7 Under Date/Time Range Configuration , enter values for any or all of the
optional categories.
Jane leaves these options unselected since she wants the filter to apply at
all times.
Click
Next .
8 Under Alert Action Associations , select whether you want the event
captured by the filter to trigger an alert or be written to a log file.
Jane selects
Alert to get a console notification.
9 The New Filter Summary shows your selections. Click Finish to accept,
or
Back to make changes.
10 Verify that the filter name you created in step 3 of the wizard appears in
the
Summary of Alert Action Filters window.