Page 2 - Contents; Figures
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification ii Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ....................................................................
Page 3 - Executive summary
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 3 Executive summary Alerts and actions can be set for certain events that occur on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers. Event alerts provide immediate notification about an event, plus information about the action the system requires to address the event. The newest ve...
Page 4 - Filtering alerts by category and severity levels
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 4 Additional alert subsystem categories Column-separated information, such as severity type (info, warning, and critical), category type, and action type Recommended actions specified for each alert Support for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 alerts No requireme...
Page 5 - Setting event alerts
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 5 Setting event alerts You can configure iDRAC7 to send alerts to configured destinations for a variety of events. The types of event alerts, as shown in Figure 2, include the following: Email SNMP Trap IPMI Remote System Log WS Eventing Alert type...
Page 6 - Email alerts; Configuring email alerts using the iDRAC7 web interface
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 6 Email alerts Configuring email alerts using the iDRAC7 web interface 1. Select Overview > Server > Alerts > SNMP Traps and Email Settings . 2. Select State and enter the destination email address and the email server address. 3. Click Send under T...
Page 7 - Configuring email alerts using RACADM commands
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 7 Configuring email alerts using RACADM commands To configure the SMTP email server: set command racadm set iDRAC.RemoteHosts.SMTPServerIPAddress <SMTP Email Server IP Address> config command racadm config -g cfgRemoteHosts -o cfgRhostsSmtpServerIpAddr...
Page 8 - SNMP Trap alerts; Configuring SNMP trap alerts using the iDRAC7 web interface; SNMP Trap
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 8 To configure a custom message: config command racadm config -g cfgEmailAlert -o cfgEmailAlertCustomMsg -i [index] [custom-message] where [index] is the email destination index and [custom-message] is the custom message set command racadm set iDRAC.EmailAle...
Page 9 - public; Configuring SNMP trap alerts using RACADM commands
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 9 You can then configure up to eight destination addresses for delivery of any SNMP alert. You can configure the destination address using IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or a FQDN. See Figure 6. To receive the SNMP alert, the community string for iDRAC needs to...
Page 10 - IPMI PET alerts
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 10 To configure the SNMP community name string: config command racadm config -g cfgIpmiLan -o cfgIpmiPetCommunityName [name] where [name] is the SNMP Community Name set command racadm set iDRAC.SNMP.AgentCommunity [name] where [name] is the SNMP Community Na...
Page 11 - Specific Type; Message
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 11 To demonstrate decoding an IPMI PET alert, see the sample in Figure 7 of an alert caused by a chassis intrusion event. Sample alert for a chassis intrusion event Figure 7. In the trap details, note the contents of the Specific Type field, which are 356096...
Page 12 - Remote System Log alerts; Remote System Log; Configuring remote syslog in the iDRAC7 web interface; Remote Syslog Enabled
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 12 Remote System Log alerts Using iDRAC7 for Dell PowerEdge 12 th generation servers, you can configure alerts to be send to a remote syslog. To send an event alert to a remote syslog sever, select the corresponding check box under Remote System Log . See Fi...
Page 13 - Configuring remote syslog using RACADM commands; WS Eventing alerts; WS Eventing
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 13 Configuring remote syslog using RACADM commands To enable remote syslog: config command racadm config –g cfgRemotehosts –o cfgRhostsSyslogEnable [number] - where [number] is to disable [0] or enable [1] the remote syslog set command racadm set iDRAC.Syslo...
Page 14 - Testing configured events; Configuring network settings for alerts; Configuring networks settings in the iDRAC7 web interface
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 14 Testing configured events After configuring alerts, you can test the configuration of each event. 1. In the IDRAC7 web interface, enter the message ID of an alert in the Message ID to Test Event field. See Figure 11. For a list of valid message IDs, see t...
Page 15 - Summary; More information on iDRAC7 version 1.30.30
Enhancements to iDRAC7 Alert Notification 15 Summary The alert enhancements in the iDRAC7 1.30.30 firmware release provide IT administrators with more options, methods, and granularity to manage Dell PowerEdge servers. Key improvements include: Improved web interface that is more user friendly I...