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Email Alarm-E-mail the alarm. Enter a subject an email address to which you want to mail the alarm's content, and click the + to add to the list of addresses (the minus deletes them). Then click Send Email. Clicking Cancel ends this operation without sending e-mail. See SMTP Configuration on page 68 for instructions about setting up e-mail from Dell OpenManage Network Manager. See Alarm Email on page 105 for an example of what the content looks like. Show Performance-Displays a performance dashboard for the alarmed equipment. See Dashboard Views on page 277 for more about these. Aging Policy-This lets you select a policy that determines how long this alarm remains in the database. See Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) on page 50 for information about configuring such policies. View as PDF-Create an Acrobat PDF document containing this portlet's contents. Share with User-Selecting this opens a screen where you can select the user you want to send the selected alarm, and can enter a message you want to send with it. See Sharing on page 87. Clicking Share Asset sends a chat message to the selected user with a link that opens to display the Alarm Snap Panels for the selected item. Tip Hover your cursor over the Device IP Address column, and a tooltip appears with information about the alarm source's Model, Vendor, Discovery Date, and a Ping Rate bar graph. This can also include other device-dependent items. For example: bar graphs to display the % CPU [utilization], % Memory, and Description. The convention indicating such tooltips are available is the question mark that appears next to the cursor when you hover it over the displayed field. Alarm Snap Panels These include the following: Alarm Details-The source, Severity, Message, Date Opened, and so on. MIB Details-The Notification OID, and MIB Text for the selected alarm. Reference Tree-The connection between the alarm and its source in tree form. Total Occurrences by Date-A graph of the total occurrences of this alarm, by date. 104 Alarms | Key Portlets

Section	Page
Preface	9
Why Dell OpenManage Network Manager?	9
Key Features	9
Networks with Dell OpenManage Network Manager	11
Additional Products	11
Updating Your License	12
Online Help / Filter	12
Feedback	13
A Note About Performance	13
Getting Started with Dell OpenManage Network Manager	15
Overview	15
System Basics	15
Upgrading from a Previous Version	16
Supported Operating System Versions	16
Supported Web Browsers	19
Single Server Sizing	20
Sizing for Standalone Installations	21
64-bit	22
Tablets, phones and iPads	22
Network Basics	22
Name Resolution	23
Protocols	23
Overriding Properties	23
Fixed IP Address	24
Authentication	24
Supported PowerConnect Models	24
Windows Management Interface	24
Prerequisites	25
Firewall Issues	25
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Driver	26
WBEM Prerequisites	27
Getting Started	27
Installation and Startup	28
Linux Prerequisites	30
Perl	32
Starting Web Client	32
Changing the Session Timeout Period	33
Control Panel	33
Search Indexes	34
[My Account]	34
RCSynergy / [Domain]	35
Portal > Users and Organizations	35
Public / Private Page Behavior	40
Portal > Roles	41
Portal > Portal Settings	41
Portal > [Other]	42
Redcell > Permission Manager	42
Redcell > Data Configuration	45
Redcell > Mediation	45
Redcell > Filter Management	48
Server	49
Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP)	50
Aging Policies Editor	52
Editing Tips	53
Aging Policies Options	54
Sub-Policies	55
Repositories	57
Portlet Level Permissions	58
Database Backup	61
Restoring Databases	61
Portal Database Backup / Restore	62
Quick Navigation	62
License Viewer	63
Discovery Profiles	65
Managed Resources	67
Common Setup Tasks	68
SMTP Configuration	68
Netrestore File Servers	70
Portal Conventions	71
Portal Overview	71
Tooltips	72
Refresh	72
The Back Button	72
Show Versions	72
The Dock	73
Status Bar Alerts	75
Chat / Conferencing	76
Menu Bar	77
Site Map	77
Graphs	77
Portlets	78
Portlet Instances	81
Mandatory Fields	81
Sorting Portlet Lists	82
Expanded Portlets	82
Common Menu Items	86
Import / Export	86
Sharing	87
Edit Custom Attributes	89
View as PDF	90
Tag	90
Audit Trail / Jobs Screen	91
Audit Trail Viewer	92
Audit Trail Portlet	93
Schedules	95
Schedules Portlet	95
Key Portlets	99
Overview of Key Portlets	99
Alarms	100
Expanded Alarm Portlet	102
Alarm Email	105
Event History	106
Event Processing Rules	108
Rule Editor	111
General	111
Filtering / Settings	112
Syslog Escalation Criteria	115
Actions	116
Trap Forwarding Process	118
Email Action Variables	122
Event Definitions	128
Event Definition Editor	128
General	129
Message Template	131
Correlations	132
Contacts	133
Locations	135
Tag	138
Vendors	139
Expanded Vendor Portlet	140
Resource Management	143
Introduction	143
Authentication	143
Container Manager	146
Container Manager Expanded	146
Container View	147
Container Editor	148
Map Context	151
Resource Discovery	152
Discovery Profiles	153
Discovery Profile Editor	154
Discovery Profiles Expanded	161
Managed Resource Groups	162
Static Group	164
Dynamic Group	165
Managed Resources	166
Managed Resources Expanded	173
New Link	175
Link Discovery	176
Link Discovery Prerequisites	177
Equipment Details	178
Performance Indicators	179
Interfaces	180
Interfaces > Details	180
Alarms	181
Ports	181
Ports > Links	182
Ports > Details	183
Details	185
Direct Access	188
MIB Browser	188
Terminal	190
Ping (ICMP)	191
HTTP / HTTPS	191
Ports	191
Ports Expanded	193
Port Editor	194
Report Templates	195
Report Template Editors	196
General	197
Inventory	198
Layout	199
Reports	200
Report Editor	204
General	205
Filter	205
Branding Reports	206
Visualize	207
Visualize My Network	207
Configuring Views	208
Actions	209
Control and Styles	210
ZOOM	210
DISPLAYED LEVELS	210
STYLE OPTIONS	211
VIEW DETAILS	213
Data / Node Finder	213
Layout	216
OVERVIEW	219
Alarms in Visualizations / Topologies	219
Links in Visualization	220
File Server / File Management	221
File Servers	221
File Server Editor	222
File Management	223
Configuration Files	229
Configuration File Editor	231
Image Repository	233
Firmware Image Editor	235
Configuration Image Editor	236
General Parameters	236
Configuration	237
Deploy Firmware	238
Deploy Configuration	240
Monitoring	243
How to’s	243
OpenManage Network Manager Server Statistics	244
Resource Monitors	245
Retention Policies	248
Monitor Editor	251
General	251
Monitor Options	254
Calculated Metrics	254
Thresholds	256
Inventory Mappings	259
Conditions	260
Monitor Options Type-Specific Panels	266
ICMP	267
Key Metrics	268
Proscan	269
SNMP	270
SNMP Interfaces	273
SNMP Table Monitor	274
Scheduling Refresh Monitor Targets	276
Top [Asset] Monitors	276
Top Configuration Backups	277
Dashboard Views	277
Performance Dashboard	279
Dashboard View Selection	280
Dashboard Editor	281
Convert Simple Dashboards to Custom Dashboards	286
Show Performance Templates	286
Key Metric Editor	289
Traffic Flow Analyzer	293
How does it work?	293
Setup	294
Exporter Registration	295
Traffic Flow Portlet	295
Drill Down	298
Search	300
Traffic Flow Analyzer - Example	300
Change Management / ProScan	303
Introducing ProScan and Change Management	303
ProScan Portlet	306
Compliance Policy Summary	308
Creating or Modifying a ProScan Policy	310
General	310
Targets	312
Criteria	313
Regular Expressions	320
Perl / Java (Groovy) Language Policies	322
Compliance Policy Job Status	324
Creating or Modifying ProScan Policy Groups	325
Change Determination Process	326
Change Determination Process Workflow	327
Change Determination Defaults	329
Compliance and Change Reporting	329
Actions and Adaptive CLI	333
Introducing Actions and Adaptive CLI	333
Using Adaptive CLI	334
Using Perl in Adaptive CLI	334
Actions Portlet	335
Adaptive CLI Editor	340
General	341
Attributes	342
Do not use Parameter Schema	342
Create a new Parameter Schema	342
Use an existing Parameter Schema for this Adaptive CLI	346
Validating IP Address Variables	346
Scripts	347
Script Settings	348
Attribute Appearance and Validation	351
Comparison	352
External Commands	352
Seeded Scripts	354
Adaptive CLI Script Language Syntax	358
Attributes	358
Conditional Blocks	359
Perl Scripts	360
Scheduling Actions	361
General	362
Parameters	363
Schedule	363
Active Performance Monitor Support	363
Adaptive CLI Records Archiving Policy	365

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Alarms | Key Portlets

Email Alarm

—E-mail the alarm. Enter a subject an e-

mail address to which you want to mail the alarm’s

content, and click the + to add to the list of

addresses (the minus deletes them). Then click

Send Email.

Clicking

Cancel

ends this operation

without sending e-mail. See SMTP Configuration

on page 68 for instructions about setting up e-mail

from Dell OpenManage Network Manager. See

Alarm Email on page 105 for an example of what

the content looks like.

Show Performance—

Displays a performance dashboard

for the alarmed equipment. See Dashboard Views

on page 277 for more about these.

Aging Policy—

This lets you select a policy that determines how long this alarm remains in the

database. See Redcell > Database Aging Policies (DAP) on page 50 for information about

configuring such policies.

View as PDF—

Create an Acrobat PDF document containing this portlet’s contents.

Share with User

—Selecting this opens a screen where you can select the user you want to send the

selected alarm, and can enter a message you want to send with it. See Sharing on page 87.

Clicking

Share Asset

sends a chat message to the selected user with a link that opens to

display the Alarm Snap Panels for the selected item.

Tip

Hover your cursor over the

Device IP Address

column, and a

tooltip appears with information about the alarm source’s

Model, Vendor, Discovery Date,

and a

Ping Rate

bar graph

This can also include other device-dependent items. For

example: bar graphs to display the

% CPU

[utilization],

Memory,

and

Description.

The convention indicating such tooltips are available is the

question mark that appears next to the cursor when you

hover it over the displayed field.

Alarm Snap Panels

These include the following:

Alarm Details

—The source,

Severity

Message

Date Opened

, and so on.

MIB Details

—The

Notification OID,

and

MIB Text

for the selected alarm.

Reference Tree

—The connection between the alarm and its source in tree form.

Total Occurrences by Date

—A graph of the total occurrences of this alarm, by date.