APC ACRP500, ACRP501, ACRP100 Administration Notification, Event Actions, Types of notification

Administration: Notification

Event Actions

Types of notification

You can configure event actions to occur in response to an event or a group of events. These actions notify users of the event in any of several ways:

•Active, automatic notification. The specified users or monitoring devices are contacted directly.

–E-mail notification

–SNMP traps

–Syslog notification

To set up additional methods of active notification that are not included in the Event Action options, see “Configuration” on page 23 for information on configuring the output contact.

•Indirect notification through the event log. If none of the direct notification methods are configured, users must check the log to determine which events have occurred.

Another method of indirect notification, not included in the Event Action options, is the use of informational queries. See “access control” on page 46, under “SNMP” , for a description of SNMP access types that enable a Network Management System (NMS) to perform informational queries. Configuring the most restrictive SNMP access type, READ, or using Serial Modbus enables informational queries without the risk of allowing remote configuration changes.

Configuring event actions

You can configure event actions for individual events or for predefined groups of events.

Configuring by event. To define event actions for an individual event:

1.Select the Administration tab, Notification on the top menu bar, and by event under Event Actions on the left navigation menu.

2.Follow the on-screen instructions to list events by severity, either by main category or sub- category.

3.In the list of events, check the marked columns to see whether the action you want is already configured for the event. (By default, logging is configured for all events.)

4.For details of the current configuration, such as the recipients to be notified by e-mail or the Network Management Systems (NMSs) to be notified by SNMP traps, click on the event name.

5.Add to or change the event configuration.

Note: A Syslog server must be configured before you can display or use the Syslog option, and at least one e-mail recipient or trap receiver must be configured before you can display or use the detailed e-mail and trap notification options.

–Mark the checkboxes to enable (or clear them to disable) event logging or Syslog for this event.