HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96094, June 2010)

• “Adding or removing metric values” on page 121
• “Configuring alarm notifications” on page 127
• “Establishing scripts for alarms” on page 129
• “Enabling or disabling alarms” on page 130
• “Applying a template” on page 131
• “Deleting records in the Alarms table” on page 133
• “Filtering records in Alarms History table” on page 138
• “Forecasting THP pools' utilization” on page 142
• “Viewing graph of metric value's performance” on page 143
• “Filtering event records” on page 145
Configuring alarm notifications
Alarms are triggered and notifications sent to selected users, when the current performance value of
a resource crosses the set threshold level, which is also configured as the dispatch at threshold level.
XP Performance Advisor provides two destinations that you can configure for receiving alarms
notifications — email destination and SNMP destination.
If you have specified a SNMP recipient for alarms, you must provide the IP address or system name
of the SNMP server. The server receive the notifications in the form of traps that it forwards to the
intended recipient. For more information, see “Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 76.
If you have specified an email recipient address for alarms, XP Performance Advisor identifies the
difference between entering and exiting the dispatch at threshold level within the text, in the subject
line of the email. If the alarm is entering the dispatch at threshold level, XP Performance Advisor
identifies the alarm as a normal alarm and populates the subject line of the email with XP Alarm. If
the alarm is exiting the dispatch at threshold level, XP Performance Advisor identifies the alarm as a
recovery alarm and populates the subject line of the email with XP Alarm - Good Information Alarm.
You can specify a common destination email address on the Email Settings screen, which is used for
receiving all alarm email notifications. The destination email address is automatically displayed in
Email Destination on the Alarms Configuration screen. For more information on specifying common
recipient email addresses for all alarm notifications, see “Configuring email and SNMP
settings” on page 76.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you configure alarm settings:
• A valid source email address, and IP and port addresses of the SMTP servers are specified. For
more information, see “Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 76. XP Performance Advisor
uses the specified SMTP server details to dispatch email notifications to the intended recipients.
• Specify a community name (Public or Private) for the source SNMP server. By default, Public is
used as the community name.
You can also specify a common subject line for all the alarm (XP Alarm) notifications, an appro-
priate title for the Good Information Alarm notifications, and community name (Public or Private)
for the source SNMP server. For more information on setting the above mentioned parameters,
see “Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 76.
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