
106 Alerts - Reference
For example, you may want to use trap forwarding if you are in a multi tiered
enterprise environment using OpenManage Essentials to create associations
and forward traps to the enterprise manager.
If the trap is being processed locally and then forwarded to the destination or
it is just forwarded to the destination.
Use this window to specify the parameters for configuring trap forwarding.
Category and Sources Association
OpenManage Essentials has many alert categories and sources that are
predefined and prepopulated for Dell management agents. Select any of the
predefined alert categories or sources to associate it with the alert action or
filter. For more information and the complete list of categories and alert
sources, see
Alert Categories
.
Device Association
You can select predefined groups (device types), custom groups, specific devices,
or a device query. Device association currently only covers predefined groups.
For custom groups, create a custom group using the New Custom Group
Wizard. The custom group shows up in the tree.
To use device query, select a query from the list.
Click New to create a new device query to search and assign the devices to the
alert action.
Click Edit to change the query logic.
Select groups or devices from the tree, you can use the query option to create
a specific criteria for the selection.
Destination Provide the IP address or host name for the
system that is hosting the enterprise
management application.
Community Provide the SNMP community to which the
destination IP address or host name belongs.
Test Action Forwards a test trap to the specified destination
using the specified community string.
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