C H A P T E R 8

Managing System Alerts

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Description | Links
Review the prerequisites | Before You Begin
Manage alert rule configurations | Create or Edit Alert Rules Disable an Alert Rule
Generate test alert to confirm alert configuration is working | Generate Test Alerts
Send a test email alert before saving an alert rule | Send Test Email Alert to Specific Alert Destination
Notify recipient of system alerts using email | Enable SMTP Client
Download SNMP MIBs directly from ILOM | Download SNMP MIBs

Related Topics |  |
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For ILOM | Chapter or Section | Guide
Concepts | System Monitoring and Alert Management | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide (820-6410)
CLI | Managing System Alerts | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 CLI Procedures Guide (820-6412)
SNMP | Managing Alerts | Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Management Protocols Reference (820-6413)
The ILOM 3.0 Documentation Collection is available at: h`ttp://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/int.lights.mgr30#hic`

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Managing Alert Rule Configurations

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Description | Links | Platform Feature Support
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Review the prerequisites | Before You Begin | x86 system server SP SPARC system server SP CMM
Manage alert rule configurations | Create or Edit Alert Rules Disable an Alert Rule Generate Test Alerts Send Test Email Alert to Specific Alert Destination

### Before You Begin

- If you are defining an Email Notification alert, the outgoing email server that will be used to send the email notification must be configured in ILOM. If an outgoing email server is not configured, ILOM will not be able to successfully generate Email Notification alerts.

- If you are defining an SNMP Trap alert with the version set to SNMP v3, the SNMP user name must be defined in ILOM as an SNMP user. If the user is not defined in ILOM as an SNMP user, the SNMP user will be unable to decode the SNMP alert message.

- If you are using a modular chassis system, you can manage alert rule configurations for a server SP from the CMM web interface. To manage alert rule configuration for a server SP from the CMM, select the server SP (blade) in the left frame of the page, then in the right frame of the page, click
  Configuration -->Alert Management.

- To manage alert rule configurations, you need the Admin (`a`) role enabled.

- To send a test email alert, you need the Read Only (`o`) role enabled and you must be using ILOM 3.0.4 or a later version of ILOM.

### Create or Edit Alert Rules

Follow these steps to configure alert rules:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Configuration --> Alert Management.

The Alert Settings page appears.

3. In the Alert Settings page, do the following:

a. Select the radio button for alert rule you want to create or edit.

b. In the Actions drop-down list box, select Edit.

A dialog appears displaying the property values associated with the alert rule.

c. In the properties dialog box, specify values for an alert type, alert level, and alert destination.

If the alert type you specify is an SNMP Trap, then you can optionally define a community name or user name value for authenticating the receipt of the alert message.

For more information about the property values you can specify for an alert rule, see “About Alert Management“ in the Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) 3.0 Concepts Guide.

d. Click Save to apply the values specified and to close the properties dialog.

### Disable an Alert Rule

Follow these steps to disable an alert rule:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Configuration --> Alert Management.

The Alert Settings page appears.

3. In the Alert Settings page, select the radio button for the alert rule you want to disable then select Edit in the Actions drop-down list box.

A dialog appears presenting properties you can define about the alert rule.

4. In the properties dialog box, select Disabled in the Alert Levels drop-down list box.

5. Click Save to apply the value specified and to close the properties dialog.

### Generate Test Alerts

Follow these steps to generate test alerts:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Configuration --> Alert Management.

The Alert Settings page appears.

3. In the Alert Settings page, click the Send Test Alert button.

ILOM generates test alerts to each of the alert rule configurations enabled on the Alert Settings page.

### Send Test Email Alert to Specific Alert Destination

Follow these steps to send a test email alert:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Configuration --> Alert Management.

The Alert Settings page appears.

3. In the Alert Settings page, perform the following steps to send a test email alert:

a. Select the radio button of the alert rule.

b. Click the Test Rule button to send a text email alert to the alert rule destination.

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Configuring SMTP Client for Email Notification Alerts

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Description | Links | Platform Feature Support
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Notify recipient of system alerts using email | Enable SMTP Client | x86 system server SP SPARC system server SP CMM

### Before You Begin

- To enable SMTP Clients, you need the Admin (`a`) role enabled.

- To generate configured Email Notification alerts, you must enable the ILOM client to act as an SMTP client to send the email alert messages.

- Prior to enabling the ILOM client as an SMTP client, determine the IP address and port number of the outgoing SMTP email server that will process the email notification.

### Enable SMTP Client

Follow these steps to enable an SMTP client:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Select Configuration --> SMTP Client.

The SMTP Client page appears.

3. In the SMTP Client page, specify the following settings to enable the sending of Email Notification alerts.

SMTP Setting | Description
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SMTP State | Select this check box to enable this state.
SMTP Server IP | Type the IP address of the outgoing SMTP email server that will process the email notifications.
SMTP Port | Type the port number of the outgoing SMTP email server.

4. Click Save to apply the SMTP settings.

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Downloading SNMP MIBs Directly From ILOM

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Description | Links | Platform Feature Support
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Download SNMP MIBs directly from ILOM | Download SNMP MIBs | x86 system server SP SPARC system server SP CMM

### Before You Begin

- The Reset and Host Control (`r`) role is required to download SNMP MIBs from ILOM.

- You must be using ILOM 3.0.4 or a later version of ILOM.

### Download SNMP MIBs

Follow these steps to download SNMP MIBs:

1. Log in to the ILOM SP web interface or the CMM ILOM web interface.

2. Click Configuration --> System Management Access --> SNMP.

The SNMP Management page appears.

3. Click the MIBs jump link, or scroll down to the MIBs section.

The MIBs section of the page appears.

4. Click Download, then click Save and enter the destination to save the file.

A zip file containing the MIBs are transferred to the destination server.

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