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3 Manage iDRAC alerts by using the Redfish Eventing feature in YX3X and later PowerEdge servers
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Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................. 2
Contents .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Overview of Redfish Eventing for iDRAC alerts ........................................................................................................... 5
1.1 SNMP traps vs Redfish alerts ............................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Configure iDRAC alerts for Redfish events .................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Enable iDRAC alerts ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Configure the category of iDRAC alerts for Redfish events ............................................................................... 8
2.3 Configure Redfish alert subscriptions ................................................................................................................. 9
2.3.1 Push Style Subscription (HTTP POST) .............................................................................................................. 9
2.3.2 Redfish SSE subscription ................................................................................................................................. 13
2.4 Test event ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.5 Redfish alert event format ................................................................................................................................ 14
2.6 Troubleshooting tips ......................................................................................................................................... 15
3 Best practices ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
4 Redfish Events: Alerts / Telemetry / Life cycle events ............................................................................................... 17
A References ................................................................................................................................................................. 18