Using the Event Monitoring Service (June 2007)

Defining a Monitoring Request
Selecting Protocols for Sending Events
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• When value changes: If this notification option is set, a
non-normal severity occurs when the current value does not match
the previous value
Certain SNMP monitoring requests can map directly to severity levels.
Select the Map from value option from the list in the Severity area.
To set the SNMP trap, execute the following steps:
1. Specify the notification type from the list in the Notify area.
2. Select the SNMP trap option from the list in the Notify via area.
3. Select the severity level from the list in the Severity area:
• Map from value
• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Warning
• Normal
The email Option
This sends event notification to the e-mail address indicated for that
request.
To set e-mail notification, execute the following steps:
1. Select the email option from the list in the Notify via area.
2. Specify the full e-mail address in the email address field.
The console Option
This sends event notification to the system console.
To set console notification, select the console option from the list in the
Notify via area.
The syslog Option
This sends event notification to the system log.