Users Guide
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Configuring CMC to send alerts
You can set alerts and actions for certain events that occur on the chassis. An event occurs when the status of a system
component is greater than the pre-defined condition. If an event matches an event filter and you have configured this filter to
generate an alert message (email alert or SNMP trap), then an alert is sent to one or more configured destinations such as email
address, IP address, or an external server.
To configure CMC to send alerts:
1. Enable the Chassis Event Alerts option.
2. Optionally, filter the alerts based on category or severity.
3. Configure the email alert or SNMP trap settings.
4. Enable chassis event alerts to send an e-mail alert, or SNMP traps to configured destinations.
Enabling or disabling alerts
To send alerts to configured destinations, you must enable the global alerting option. This property overrides the individual alert
setting.
Make sure that the SNMP or email alert destinations are configured to receive the alerts.
Enabling or disabling alerts using CMC web interface
To enable or disable generating alerts:
1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Alerts.
2. On the Chassis Events page, under the Chassis Alert Enablement section, select the Enable Chassis Event Alerts option to
enable, or clear the option to disable the alert.
3. To save the settings, click Apply.
Enabling or disabling alerts using RACADM
To enable or disable generating alerts, use the cfgAlertingEnable RACADM object. For more information, see the Dell Chassis
Management Controller for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s RACADM Command Line Reference Guide
.
Filtering alerts
You can filter alerts on the basis of category and severity.
Configuring alert destinations
The management station uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to receive data from CMC.
You can configure the IPv4 and IPv6 alert destinations, email settings, and SMTP server settings, and test these settings.
Before configuring the email alert or SNMP trap settings, make sure that you have the Chassis Configuration Administrator
privilege.
Configuring SNMP trap alert destinations
You can configure the IPv6 or IPv4 addresses to receive the SNMP traps.
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