Owner's Manual

126 Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant to Monitor Your Systems
Notification Alert Actions in the Enterprise Environment
Tom’s alert action filters and groups are now configured so that he can set up
e-mail alert actions to automatically notify himself and his three
administrators. Tom’s strategy is as follows:
• Set up IT Assistant to send e-mail to his administrators when any warning
or critical events occur, depending on their on-call or shift status
• Copy himself on all messages so he can to stay aware of overall server events
Tom is configuring e-mail for himself, as well as for his first- and second-shift
datacenter administrators and his weekend administrator. Therefore, he will
repeat the following procedure four times—for himself, Bob, John, and Jill.
NOTE: To send e-mail through IT Assistant, go to Preferences  Web Server on
the top navigation bar, and configure the SMTP Server Name (or IP Address) and
DNS Suffix for SMTP Server.
Creating an Alert Action
To create an alert action:
1
Tom selects Alerts  Actions from the menu bar.
2 Tom right-clicks Alert Actions in the navigation and selects New Alert Action .
The
Add Alert Action Wizard appears.
3 Tom gives the action a logical name in the Name field.
Tom is configuring a separate Alert Action for himself, Bob, John, and Jill.
Each time he repeats the procedure here, he uses the following names in
the
Name field:
• Tom ADMIN MGR e-mail
• DC 1st Shift Bob e-mail
• DC 2nd Shift John e-mail
• Weekend Admin Jill e-mail
4 From the Ty p e pull-down menu, Tom chooses Email .