Users Guide

Alert Source
Each Alert Category contains alert sources. Click an alert category to view alert sources. Expand a category to view the
list of alert sources, and select an alert source.
Field Description
Name The name of the new alert source, for example,
myFanAlert.
Type The protocol information.
Catalog Provides the catalog information.
Severity Specifies the severity assigned to the alert that is
triggered if the alert source generates the specified
SNMP trap.
Format string Provides the message string that appears in the Alert
Logs if the alert source generates an alert of sufficient
severity to trigger the alert. You can use formatting
commands to specify parts of the message string. For
SNMP, the valid formatting commands are:
$n = system name
$d = date
$t = time
$s = severity
$e = enterprise object identifier (OID)
$sp = specific trap OID
$g = generic trap OID
$1 - $# = varbind values
SNMP Enterprise OID Provides the enterprise OID (SNMP OID prefix) of the
management information base (MIB) file that defines the
event source that you want to monitor.
SNMP Generic Trap OID Provides the generic trap ID of the SNMP trap that you
want to monitor from the desired event source. See the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator SNMP Reference
Guide at support.dell.com/manuals for more information
on SNMP traps.
SNMP Specific Trap OID Provides the specific trap ID of the SNMP trap that you
want to monitor from the desired event source. See the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator SNMP Reference
Guide at support.dell.com/manuals for more information
on SNMP traps.
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