Intel SHG2 Product Guide - Page 66

Setting Up LAN Alerts, Enable LAN Alerts

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5. Click Save to save the changes. 6. Click Close to return to the PEM window. 7. In the PEM window, click Configure PEP. 8. Select the Enable PEP check box. 9. In the Blackout Period box, enter the minimum time, in minutes, between successive pages. The valid range is [0 - 255] where 0 disables the blackout period. Setting a blackout period can save you from being flooded with repeat pages. After you receive a PEP page, no additional pages are sent by PEP for the duration of the blackout period. 10. In the Paging String box, enter the phone number to dial for the page and the message you want sent with the page. The maximum length for the paging string is determined at run-time from firmware. You will be notified if the string is truncated. Following a save, the actual string saved is displayed in the edit box. 11. From the Options menu, choose Configure Event Actions. 12. In the Platform Event Paging Actions window, move the events that you want to generate an alert to the Enabled column and move all other events to the disabled column using the following buttons: • >>: Moves all events from the enabled list to the disabled list. • >: Moves the selected event from the enabled list to the disabled list. •

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5. Click
Save
to save the changes.
6. Click
Close
to return to the PEM window.
7.
In the PEM window, click
Configure PEP
.
8. Select the
Enable PEP
check box.
9. In the
Blackout Period
box, enter the minimum time, in minutes, between successive pages.
The valid range is [0 - 255] where 0 disables the blackout period.
Setting a blackout period can
save you from being flooded with repeat pages.
After you receive a PEP page, no additional
pages are sent by PEP for the duration of the blackout period.
10. In the
Paging String
box, enter the phone number to dial for the page and the message you
want sent with the page.
The maximum length for the paging string is determined at run-time
from firmware.
You will be notified if the string is truncated.
Following a save, the actual
string saved is displayed in the edit box.
11. From the
Options
menu, choose
Configure Event Actions
.
12. In the Platform Event Paging Actions window, move the events that you want to generate an
alert to the Enabled column and move all other events to the disabled column using the
following buttons:
>>
:
Moves all events from the enabled list to the disabled list.
>
:
Moves the selected event from the enabled list to the disabled list.
<
:
Moves the selected event from the disabled list to enabled the list.
<<
:
Moves all events from the disabled list to the enabled list.
13. Click
Save
to save the changes.
14. Click
Close
to return to the PEP Configuration window.
15. To send a test page to verify that you have correctly configured PEP, from the
Options
menu,
choose
Send Alert
.
16. Click
Save
to save the configuration.
17. Click
Close
to return to the Platform Event Manager window.
Setting Up LAN Alerts
To set up the server to send alerts over the LAN:
1.
Configure the remote system to receive alerts.
For more information, see the documentation
for Intel Server Management software.
2.
From the SSU Main window, choose Platform Event Manager (PEM).
3.
In the PEM window, click
Configure LAN
.
4. Select the
Enable LAN Alerts
check box.
5. (Optional) In the
SNMP Community String
box, enter a string for the community field in the
Header section of the SNMP trap sent for an alert.
The string must be from 5 to 16 characters.
The default string is
public
.
6. In the
IP Setup
box, choose either:
DHCP
:
the IP address for the server is automatically assigned by the DHCP (dynamic host
control protocol) server on the network.
The Host, Gateway, and Subnet Mask boxes in the
dialog are ignored.
Static
:
assign the IP address for the server using the Host, Gateway, and Subnet Mask
boxes in the dialog.