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• Dell N-Series | 8000 | 8100 Network Switch Traps

2. Manually acknowledged traps

• Dell Server Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell Agent-free Server Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell DRAC and Chassis Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell PowerVault MD Storage Array Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell Compellent Storage Array Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell EqualLogic Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell N-Series | 8000 | 8100 Network Switch Traps (Manual Ack)

• Dell Enterprise Switch Traps (Manual Ack)

For more information about deploying the preceding Dell SPI policies, see Deploying Smart Plug-in Policies.

NOTE: Dell SPI version 4.1 does not support Dell Compellent SNMPv2 traps.

NOTE: The Dell SPI does not support a multi-valued pattern for the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), IP Address,

and Node name for external nodes and managed nodes.

For example, if you have an IP address pattern like 10.44.176.100 and 10.44.176.10 to group and monitor nodes, the Dell SPI

does not recognize the pattern, which may result in alerts not received on the correct nodes.

Understanding Dell SPI trap message severity

Traps often contain information about values recorded by probes or sensors. Probes and sensors monitor critical components for

values such as amperage, voltage, and temperature. When an event occurs on the Dell system, it sends a trap having one of the

following severities:

• Normal — An event that describes the successful operation of a unit, such as a power supply turning on, or a sensor reading

returning to normal.

• Warning — An event that is not necessarily significant, but may indicate a possible future problem, such as crossing a warning

threshold.

• Critical — A significant event that indicates actual or imminent loss of data or loss of function, such as crossing a failure

threshold or a hardware failure.

SNMP trap based severity propagation

The following table describes the severity propagation for the Nodes hierarchy based on SNMP traps.

Table 7. SNMP Trap Based Severity Propagation

View Description

Nodes hierarchy The node status displays the highest severity of all the active

messages. This status is propagated to the parent node groups.

To know the actual health of the node, view the status in the

Global System Status for the node under the Services

hierarchy.

Auto acknowledged traps

These trap policies intercept and process the SNMP traps generated by the respective Dell device and display the corresponding

alert messages on the HPOM console. This policy has the trap-correlation feature enabled and is auto-deployed when you are

installing the Dell SPI.

For every trap received from the Dell device, the Dell SPI processes the traps in the following manner:

1. Sends a message to the active message browser of the node on the HPOM console.

2. For all Normal traps, the policy auto-acknowledges the messages and moves them from the active message browser to the

acknowledged message browser.