System information

Configuring Triggers and Alarms 161
•WRITE THE WHOLE EVENT LOG option button—if selected, writes the whole
event log.
• “Use these settings for all alarms” checkbox—if selected, settings are used for
alarms.
• “Send an email” checkbox—when selected, instructs Observer to send an email
message as the action and activates the Setup button.
You must set up the general email server information in the Options >
Observer General Options > Email Notifications tab. see “Observer
General Options – Email Notifications Tab” on page 79.
• “Dial a pager” checkbox—when selected, instructs Observer to send information to
a pager as the action, and activates the Setup icon. When the Setup icon is
clicked, the Dial Pager Action dialog is displayed.
Information to send the pager:
•S
END THE LAST LOG ENTRY option button—when selected, sends the last log
entry to the pager.
•S
END THE WHOLE EVENT LOG option button—when selected, sends the entire
contents of the event log to the pager.
•S
END TEXT OR NUMBERS FROM THE LINE BELOW option button—when
selected, sends whatever is listed in the edit box to the pager.
• Blank textbox—allows you to enter specific text or numbers for the pager to
send.
• “Use these settings for all alarms” checkbox—if selected, settings are used for
alarms.
• “Send SNMP Trap” checkbox—when selected, sends an SNMP trap to a
designated IP address and activates the Setup button. When configured to send a
trap as an alarm action, Observer sends one of two SNMP “enterprise” traps,
depending upon whether the event is a threshold event—utilization exceeding the
set threshold level, for example entries, or a single event, such as the appearance of
an unknown IP address.