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VRTX Alert Management
Introduction
Logging is a technique to inform and alert administrators about any Chassis events, which is not
normal and requires attention. Logging or alerting can occur through one or more of the following:
 CMC non-volatile memory, which in turn, reflects on the health of a chassis, on the basis of
severity of an event.
 LCD (where the messages appear on the LCD Display)
 Remote management station on the basis of configuration such as the Remote System Logging
(Syslog).
 Remote Alert management, which can be either by email, Remote Syslog, or Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
Terminology
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol is an Internet-standard protocol for managing devices
on IP networks.
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission
across Internet Protocol networks.
SEL: System event log is logging standard based on IPMI Specification.
LCD: A Liquid-crystal display is a flat panel display, electronic visual display, or video display that
uses the light modulating properties of liquid crystals. Liquid crystals do not emit light directly.
SYSLOG: Syslog is a standard for computer data logging. It separates the software that generates
messages from the system that stores them, and the software that reports and analyzes them.
WSMAN: Web Services-Management (WS–Management) is a DMTF open standard defining a SOAP–
based protocol for the management of servers.
RACADM: Dell Remote Access Controller Admin Tool is a command line utility for Chassis
configuration and monitoring.