HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 143)

• “ Applying a template ” on page 147
• “ Deleting records in the Alarms table ” on page 148
• “ Filtering records in Alarms History table ” on page 153
• “ Viewing graph of metric value's performance ” on page 155
• “ Filtering event records ” on page 158
Configuring alarm notifications
Alarms are triggered and notifications sent to selected users, when the current performance value of
a component crosses the set threshold level, which is also configured as the dispatch at threshold
level. P9000 Performance Advisor provides two destinations that you can configure for receiving
alarms notifications — email destination and SNMP destination.
If you have specified a SNMP recipient for alarms, you must provide the IP address or system name
of the SNMP server. The server receive the notifications in the form of traps that it forwards to the
intended recipient. For more information, see “
Configuring email and SNMP settings ” on page 88.
If you have specified an email recipient address for alarms, P9000 Performance Advisor identifies
the difference between entering and exiting the dispatch at threshold level within the text, in the subject
line of the email. If the alarm is entering the dispatch at threshold level, P9000 Performance Advisor
identifies the alarm as a normal alarm and populates the subject line of the email with P9000 Alarm.
If the alarm is exiting the dispatch at threshold level, P9000 Performance Advisor identifies the alarm
as a recovery alarm and populates the subject line of the email with P9000 Alarm - Good Information
Alarm. You can specify a common destination email address on the Email Settings screen, which is
used for receiving all alarm email notifications. The destination email address is automatically displayed
in Email Destination on the Alarms Configuration screen. For more information on specifying common
recipient email addresses for all alarm notifications, see “
Configuring email and SNMP
settings ” on page 88.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met before you configure alarm settings:
• A valid source email address, and IP and port addresses of the SMTP servers are specified. For
more information, see “
Configuring email and SNMP settings ” on page 88. P9000 Performance
Advisor uses the specified SMTP server details to dispatch email notifications to the intended re-
cipients.
• Specify a community name (Public or Private) for the source SNMP server. By default, Public is
used as the community name.
You can also specify a common subject line for all the alarm (P9000 Alarm) notifications, an ap-
propriate title for the Good Information Alarm notifications, and community name (Public or Private)
for the source SNMP server. For more information on setting the above-mentioned parameters,
see “
Configuring email and SNMP settings ” on page 88.
IMPORTANT:
By default, P9000 Performance Advisor dispatches Good Information alarm notifications. However,
if it is disabled, you must enable the Good Info Alarm Flag check box on the Email Settings screen
to receive the P9000 Alarm - Good Information Alarm notifications. For more information, see
“
Configuring email and SNMP settings ” on page 88.
To configure email and SNMP notifications:
1. Click PA and DB Settings > Configure Alarms in the left pane.
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