Dell PowerVault MD3820f - Manual (Page 57)

• For more specific notifications, you can configure the alert destinations at the storage management
station, host, and storage array levels.
1. Do one of the following actions based on whether you want to configure alerts for a single storage
array or for all storage arrays.
– Single storage array – In the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select the Devices tab.
Right-click the storage array that you want to send alerts, and then select Configure Alerts.
– All storage arrays – In the EMW, select the Setup tab. Select Configure Alerts, and then select
the All storage arrays radio button, and then click OK.
The Configure Alerts dialog appears.
2. Select the SNMP - Event Monitor Origin Trap tab.
Any SNMP addresses that you had previously configured appear in the Configured SNMP addresses
area.
3. In the Community name text box, type the community name.
A community name can have a maximum of 20 characters.
4. In the Trap destination text box, type the trap destination, and click Add.
You can enter a host name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address.
5. (Optional) To verify that an SNMP alert is configured correctly, you can send a test message. In the
Configured SNMP addresses area, select the SNMP destination that you want to test, and click Test.
A test message is sent to the SNMP address. A dialog appears with the results of the validation and
any errors. The Test button is disabled if you have not selected a community name.
6. Click OK.
An alert icon appears next to each node in the Tree view for which an alert is set.
Creating SNMP Alert Notifications (Originating from the Storage Array)
NOTE: The availability of SNMP alerts originating from the storage array varies depending on your
RAID controller module model.
The MD storage management software can notify you when the status of a storage array or one of its
components changes. This is called an alert notification. You can receive alert notifications by three
different methods: email, SNMP traps originating from the storage management station where the event
monitor is installed, and SNMP traps originating from the storage array (if available). This topic describes
how to create SNMP traps originating from the storage array.
To configure an SNMP alert notification originating from the storage array, you specify the community
name and the trap destination. The community name is a string that identifies a known set of network
management stations and is set by the network administrator. The trap destination is the IP address or the
host name of a computer running an SNMP service. At a minimum, the trap destination is the network
management station. Keep these guidelines in mind when configuring SNMP alert notifications:
• Host destinations for SNMP traps must be running an SNMP service so that the trap information can
be processed.
• Global settings are not required for the SNMP trap messages. Trap messages sent to a network
management station or other SNMP servers are standard network traffic, and a system administrator
or network administrator handles the security issues.
1. In the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select the Devices tab.
2. Right-click the storage array that you want to send alerts, and then select Configure Alerts.
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