49InRow RC/RD/RP (600 mm) User’s Guide
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
• 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.
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.
– Mark the checkboxes to enable (or clear them to disable) event logging or Syslog for this
event.
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.
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.
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.