HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Fabric Watch User Guide (AA-RW1TA-TE, May 2005)

Configuring Fabric Watch68
Configuring SNMP notifications
In environments in which you have a high number of messages (for example, hundreds per
day) coming from a variety of switches, you might want to receive them in a single location
and view them using a graphical user interface (GUI). In this type of scenario, SNMP
notifications might be the most efficient notification method. You can avoid having to log on
to each switch individually as you would have to do for error log notifications.
SNMP notifications are configured using snmpMibCapSet, and within Fabric Watch, using
alarms.
See ”Step 3: Configure alarms” on page 59for details about setting alarms.
For details about SNMP configuration, including traps, see the agtCfgSet cand
snmpConFig commands in the
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 4.x command reference guide .
Configuring port log lock actions
Port Log Lock freezes in time the port log dump output if an event is triggered. See ”Step 3:
Configure alarms” on page 59 for details about configuring port log lock actions.
See ”Fabric watch components” on page 21 for more details about port log lock.
Configuring email notifications
In environments where it is critical that you are notified about errors quickly, you might want
to use email notifications. With email notifications, you can be notified of serious errors via
email or a pager, so you can react quickly.
To configure email notifications in a telnet session, enter the fwMailcCg command at the
prompt. The fwMailcfg menu, shown in Figure 12, appears.
Figure 12 fwMailcfg Menu
The following sections describe how to use the fwMailCfg menu options.
1: Show Mail configuration information
1. Enter 1 in the fwMailCfg menu (shown in Figure 12) to view the current email
configuration classes.
1 : Show Mail Configuration Information
2 : Disable Email Alert
3 : Enable Email Alert
4 : Send Test Mail
5 : Set Recipient Mail Address for Email Alert
6 : Quit
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