Use the Endpoint Device Alerts page to create and manage alerts for endpoint devices. Endpoint devices are devices that are discovered by Fabric Manager but cannot be identified as a specific device type, such as computer, subsystem, or other known device type.
The Endpoint Device Alerts page has two subpages:
Allows you to set alert triggering conditions and triggered actions for the alert.
Allows you to select the endpoint devices to include in your alert.
You can specify the following conditions for triggering an endpoint device alert:
An endpoint device node was discovered.
Change to the state of the endpoint device.
Change to the state of the endpoint.
Change to the Version of the endpoint.
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Field Name |
Description |
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Creator |
Displays the creator of the alert job. |
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Name |
Displays the name of the alert job you are editing. |
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Description |
Specify a description for the alert job you are editing. |
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Enabled |
Select this option to enable the job you created. |
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Field Name |
Description |
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SNMP Trap |
Check this box to generate an SNMP trap message to any NMS, console, or terminal to indicate the occurrence of an alert. |
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Login Notification |
Check this box to indicate that alerts should appear to the specified user upon logging in to the system. |
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Login ID |
Indicate the ID of the user who will receive alert notifications upon logging in to the system. |
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Windows Event Log, Unix Syslog (Unix) |
Check this box to indicate that alerts will be recorded to the OS Event Log. |
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Event Type (Windows Event Log only) |
Indicate the type of event that will be recorded to the Windows Event Log. |
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Facility (Unix Syslog only) |
Select where the Unix Syslog will be sent. You can select User or Local. |
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Level (Unix Syslog only) |
Select the level of UNIX Syslog event. You can select Informational, Notice, Warning, Error, Critical, or Alert. |
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Run Scripts |
Check this box to run a script in response to the triggering condition for the Alert. Press Define. The Specify Script dialog box appears, enabling you to specify a script to run and the computer on which to run. Refer below for a list of scripts you can define for each triggering condition. |
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Check this box to indicate that alert notifications will be sent via email to the specified email addresses. When you check this box, the following fields become active. |
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Email Recipients |
Use this section to view, add, and delete email addresses for the alert notification. Use the top box in the section to enter the email addresses you want to include for the alert notification. The bottom box displays the email addresses already associated with the alert notification. |
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Add |
Click this button to add an email address you enter in the Email Recipients field. |
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Del |
Click this button to delete the email address you highlight in the Email Recipients list box. |
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Edit Email |
Click this button to edit the text of the email alert notification on the Edit Text of the Email Message. See the Edit Text of the Email Message topic for information about this window. |
See Alerting - Overview for more information.