Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification This Dell white paper discusses the improvements made to the iDRAC7 version 1.30.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 Feature enhancements ................................................................................................
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Executive summary Alerts and actions can be set for certain events that occur on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers. Event alerts provide immediate notification about an event, plus information about the action the system requires to address the event. The newest version of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC7 version 1.30.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Additional alert subsystem categories Column-separated information, such as severity type (info, warning, and critical), category type, and action type Recommended actions specified for each alert Support for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 alerts No requirement for an operating system agent for SNMP alerts, meaning no additional software installations for the host operating system Fully qualified domain name supported for email, SNMP, and IPMI alert destin
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Setting event alerts You can configure iDRAC7 to send alerts to configured destinations for a variety of events. The types of event alerts, as shown in Figure 2, include the following: Email SNMP Trap IPMI Remote System Log WS Eventing Figure 2. Alert types You can configure alerts using the iDRAC7 web interface or the Remote Access Controller Admin utility (RACADM) CLI.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Email alerts Configuring email alerts using the iDRAC7 web interface 1. Select Overview > Server > Alerts > SNMP Traps and Email Settings. 2. Select State and enter the destination email address and the email server address. 3. Click Send under Test Email to test the configured email alert settings. 4. Click Apply. Figure 3. Email alert configuration To use the new authenticated email alert option: 1. Select Enable Authentication. 2.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Configuring email alerts using RACADM commands To configure the SMTP email server: set command racadm set iDRAC.RemoteHosts.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification To configure a custom message: config command racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertCustomMsg -i [index] [custom-message] where [index] is the email destination index and [custom-message] is the custom message set command racadm set iDRAC.EmailAlert.CustomMsg.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification You can then configure up to eight destination addresses for delivery of any SNMP alert. You can configure the destination address using IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or a FQDN. See Figure 6. To receive the SNMP alert, the community string for iDRAC needs to be the same as the destination community string. By default, the value of the iDRAC community string is set to public. See Figure 6. Figure 6.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification To configure the SNMP community name string: config command racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o cfgIpmiPetCommunityName [name] where [name] is the SNMP Community Name set command racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentCommunity [name] where [name] is the SNMP Community Name To test the trap, if required: racadm testtrap -i [index] where [index] is the trap destination index To configure the trap format: racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification To demonstrate decoding an IPMI PET alert, see the sample in Figure 7 of an alert caused by a chassis intrusion event. Figure 7. Sample alert for a chassis intrusion event In the trap details, note the contents of the Specific Type field, which are 356096 in this sample. Match 356096 to the DcAsfSrv.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Remote System Log alerts th Using iDRAC7 for Dell PowerEdge 12 generation servers, you can configure alerts to be send to a remote syslog. To send an event alert to a remote syslog sever, select the corresponding check box under Remote System Log. See Figure 8. Figure 8. Configuring Remote System Log alerts Note: Remote syslog is an Enterprise level license feature, and is not available at the Express level.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Configuring remote syslog using RACADM commands To enable remote syslog: config command racadm config –g cfgRemotehosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogEnable [number] where [number] is to disable [0] or enable [1] the remote syslog set command racadm set iDRAC.Syslog.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Testing configured events After configuring alerts, you can test the configuration of each event. 1. In the IDRAC7 web interface, enter the message ID of an alert in the Message ID to Test Event field. See Figure 11. For a list of valid message IDs, see the Dell Event Message Reference or the Dell Event/Error Message Reference 2.0 on Dell.com. Each alert message starts with a three- or four-character code to identify the problem area.
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification Summary The alert enhancements in the iDRAC7 1.30.30 firmware release provide IT administrators with more options, methods, and granularity to manage Dell PowerEdge servers.
