Dell PowerVault MD3420 - Manual (Page 52)

monitor is installed automatically with the MD storage management software. When an event occurs,
alert notifications in the form of emails and SNMP trap messages are sent to the destination addresses
that are specified in the Configure Alerts dialog. For more information about how to specify the
destination addresses, refer to the Configuring the Email and SNMP Alert Notification Settings online help
topic in the Enterprise Management Window (EMW).
When the persistent monitor starts for the first time, a properties file is created in the directory where the
MD storage management software files are located. The properties file can be configured to enable or
disable local logging in the Windows and UNIX operating systems. By default, local logging is enabled in
the properties file.
When local logging is enabled in the Windows operating system, the persistent monitor logs the event
information in the Windows Event Log file. When local logging is enabled in the UNIX operating system,
the persistent monitor logs the event information in the syslog file. The properties file can also be
configured to enable or disable remote syslog notification. You must restart the persistent monitor
service after configuring the properties file for the changes to take effect.
You can configure the MD storage management software to notify only the event levels that you specify.
For example, you can configure alert notifications only for Critical and Warning events.
1. Open the Configure Alerts dialog by performing one of these actions:
a) Select a storage array in the Devices tab in the EMW.
b) Select Edit → Configure Alerts.
The Configure Alerts dialog is displayed. Go to step 3.
c) Select Configure Alerts in the Setup tab in the EMW. Go to step 2.
2. Select the All storage arrays radio button, and click OK.
The Configure Alerts dialog is displayed.
3. Select the Filtering tab.
4. Select the check boxes next to the event levels for which the MD storage management software
must send alert notifications.
NOTE: The configuration to send alert notifications for only certain event levels applies to all of
the managed storage arrays in the MD storage management software.
5. Click OK.
Configuring Alert Notifications
You can use the Configure Alerts dialog box to set up an email alert notification in the event of an error
on the network. Alert emails are sent to the specified global mail server and sender email addresses in the
event of an error on the selected hosts of storage arrays. You can choose to be alerted to all problems or
individual problems.
1. Open the Configure Alerts dialog box by performing one of these actions:
a) Select a storage array in the Devices tab, and then select Edit → Configure Alerts.
The Configure Alerts dialog box appears. Go to step 4.
b) On the Setup tab, select Edit → Configure Alerts. Go to step 2.
2. Select one of the following radio buttons to specify an alert level:
a) All storage arrays – To send an alert email about events on all storage arrays. Click OK.
The Configure Alerts dialog box appears. Go to step 4.
b) An individual storage array – To send an alert email about events that occur on only a specified
storage array. Click OK.
The Select Storage Array dialog box appears. Go to step 3.
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