Users Guide

Configuring email alert, SNMP trap, or IPMI trap
settings
The management station uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Intelligent Platform Management Interface
(IPMI) traps to receive data from iDRAC. For systems with large number of nodes, it may not be efficient for a management
station to poll each iDRAC for every condition that may occur. For example, event traps can help a management station with
load balancing between nodes or by issuing an alert if an authentication failure occurs. SNMP v1, v2, and v3 formats are
supported.
You can configure the IPv4 and IPv6 alert destinations, email settings, and SMTP server settings, and test these settings. You
can also specify the SNMP v3 user to whom you want to send the SNMP traps.
Before configuring the email, SNMP, or IPMI trap settings, make sure that:
● You have Configure RAC permission.
● You have configured the event filters.
Related concepts
Configuring IP alert destinations on page 158
Configuring email alert settings on page 160
Configuring IP alert destinations
You can configure the IPv6 or IPv4 addresses to receive the IPMI alerts or SNMP traps.
For information about the iDRAC MIBs required to monitor the servers using SNMP, see the SNMP Reference Guide available at
dell.com/support/manuals.
Configuring IP alert destinations using web interface
To configure alert destination settings using Web interface:
1. Go to Overview > Server > Alerts > SNMP and E-mail Settings.
2. Select the State option to enable an alert destination (IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN))
to receive the traps.
You can specify up to eight destination addresses. For more information about the options, see the iDRAC Online Help.
3. Select the SNMP v3 user to whom you want to send the SNMP trap.
4. Enter the iDRAC SNMP community string (applicable only for SNMPv1 and v2) and the SNMP alert port number.
For more information about the options, see the iDRAC Online Help.
NOTE:
The Community String value indicates the community string to use in a Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) alert trap sent from iDRAC. Make sure that the destination community string is the same as the iDRAC
community string. The default value is Public.
5. To test whether the IP address is receiving the IPMI or SNMP traps, click Send under Test IPMI Trap and Test SNMP
Trap respectively.
6. Click Apply.
The alert destinations are configured.
7. In the SNMP Trap Format section, select the protocol version to be used to send the traps on the trap destination(s) —
SNMP v1, SNMP v2, or SNMP v3 and click Apply.
NOTE:
The SNMP Trap Format option applies only for SNMP Traps and not for IPMI Traps. IPMI Traps are always
sent in SNMP v1 format and is not based on the configured SNMP Trap Format option.
The SNMP trap format is configured.
Configuring IP alert destinations using RACADM
To configure the trap alert settings:
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Configuring iDRAC to send alerts