Intel SPSH4 Product Guide - Page 58

Setting Up Paging Alerts, Modem Dial Command

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Setting Up Paging Alerts To set up the server to send alerts as telephone pages: 1. Install an external modem on the Emergency Management Port (COM2). 2. From the SSU Main window, choose Platform Event Manager (PEM). 3. In the PEM window, click Configure EMP. 4. In the corresponding boxes, enter the following command strings for the modem attached to the EMP port: • ESC Sequence: the escape sequence. This string is sent to the modem before sending command strings. The maximum length for the string is five characters; longer strings are truncated. • Hangup String: hang up or drop the connection. The EMP automatically sends an character following this string. The maximum length for the string is eight characters; longer strings are truncated. • Modem Dial Command: the command to dial a phone number. This string is sent to the modem before sending the paging string. • Modem Init String: the initialization string for the modem. This string is sent every time the EMP initializes. The maximum length for the 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. 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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Intel SPSH4 Server Platform Product Guide
Setting Up Paging Alerts
To set up the server to send alerts as telephone pages:
1.
Install an external modem on the Emergency Management Port (COM2).
2.
From the SSU Main window, choose Platform Event Manager (PEM).
3.
In the PEM window, click
Configure EMP
.
4.
In the corresponding boxes, enter the following command strings for the modem attached to the
EMP port:
ESC Sequence
:
the escape sequence.
This string is sent to the modem before sending
command strings.
The maximum length for the string is five characters; longer strings are
truncated.
Hangup String
:
hang up or drop the connection.
The EMP automatically sends an
<ENTER> character following this string.
The maximum length for the string is eight
characters; longer strings are truncated.
Modem Dial Command
:
the command to dial a phone number.
This string is sent to the
modem before sending the paging string.
Modem Init String
:
the initialization string for the modem.
This string is sent every time
the EMP initializes.
The maximum length for the 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.
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.