Adding a remote alert recipient – Avaya S8500 User Manual

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Using the Avaya Remote Supervisor Adapter
Alerts

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Avaya Remote Supervisor Adapter User Guide

November 2003

Adding a remote alert recipient

To add a remote alert recipient:

1

In the Remote Alert Recipients section, click not used in an unused position of the next
available slot.

A new screen opens with the following configuration fields (see

Figure 11, Remote alert recipient

window,

on page 32):

Figure 11: Remote alert recipient window

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Receives Critical Alerts Only: If this box is checked, the alert recipient receives notification
only for critical alerts. To view what constitutes a critical alert, select Alerts in the navigation
pane and scroll down to Monitored Alerts.

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Status: Click on the drop-down menu and select Enabled to activate this remote alert recipient.

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Name: Type the name of the alert recipient.

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Notification Method: Use the drop-down menu to select the notification method that will be used
to reach the recipient. Methods include:

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Numeric Pager

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Alphanumeric pager

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IBM Director over Modem: In the case where an Avaya service contract is in place or the
system is under warranty, this option could be used to report alarms to an Avaya service
center.

•

IBM Director over LAN - Avaya recommends not using this option.

•

SNMP over LAN: In the case where an Avaya service contract is in place or the system is
under warranty, this option could be used to report alarms to an Avaya services center.

•

E-mail over LAN - Avaya recommends not using this option.

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SNMP over PPP

•

E-mail over PPP - Avaya recommends not using this option.

NOTE:

IBM Director over Modem and SNMP over LAN are the methods supported by Avaya
services.

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