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 Receiverport–Theportnumberofthereceiver.
Iftheportvalueisempty,VirtualCenterusesthedefaultport.Thedefaultport
is902.
 CommunityString–Thecommunityidentifier.
4ClickOK.
Creating Alarms
IfyouplantouseemailmessageorSNMPnotification,see“PreparingforEmail
MessageSMTPAlarmNotification”onpage 315anddefinetheaddressinformation
beforeyoucreateyouralarm.
To create an alarm
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,clicktheInventorybutton.
Expandtheinventoryasneeded,clicktheappropriate
object,clicktheAlarmstab,
andclicktheDefinitionsbutton.
2 ChooseFile>New>Alarm.
Ifyoustartfromafolder,datacenter,orcluster,theAlarmPropertiesdialogbox
displaystheoptiontocreateanalarmforeitherahostoravirtualmachine.Ifyou
startfromaresource
pool,host,oravirtualmachine,MonitorahostorMonitora
VMispreselectedandtheotheroptionisdimmed.
3 Selectthealarmtype.