Metered Rack PDU User Guide

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

3.To view or change the current configuration, such as recipients to be notified by e-mail or paging, or Network Management Systems (NMSs) to be notified by SNMP traps, click on the event name.

Note: If no Syslog server is configured, items related to Syslog configuration are not displayed.

When viewing details of an event’s configuration, you can change the configuration, enable or disable event logging or Syslog, or disable notification for specific e-mail recipients or trap receivers, but you cannot add or remove recipients or receivers. To add or remove recipients or receivers, see the following:

•“Identifying Syslog servers” on page 74

•“E-mail recipients” on page 71

•“Trap Receivers” on page 73

Configuring by group. To configure a group of events simultaneously:

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

2.Choose how to group events for configuration:

–Choose Grouped by severity, and then select all events of one or more severity levels. You cannot change the severity of an event.

–Choose Grouped by category, and then select all events in one or more pre-defined categories.

3.Click Next>> to move from page to page to do the following:

a.Select event actions for the group of events.

•To choose any action except Logging (the default), you must first have at least one relevant recipient or receiver configured.

•If you choose Logging and have configured a Syslog server, select Event Log or Syslog (or both) on the next page.

b.Select whether to leave the newly configured event action enabled for this group of events or to disable the action.

AP8886, AP88XX, AP8861 specifications

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