Avaya S8500 manual Adding a remote alert recipient, Remote alert recipient window, November

Using the Avaya Remote Supervisor Adapter

Alerts

Adding a remote alert recipient

To add a remote alert recipient:

1In the Remote Alert Recipients section, click not used in an unused position of the next available slot.

A new screen opens with the following configuration fields (see Figure 11, Remote alert recipient window, on page 32):

Figure 11: Remote alert recipient window

•Receives Critical Alerts Only: If this box is checked, the alert recipient receives notification only for critical alerts. To view what constitutes a critical alert, select Alerts in the navigation pane and scroll down to Monitored Alerts.

•Status: Click on the drop-down menu and select Enabled to activate this remote alert recipient.

•Name: Type the name of the alert recipient.

•Notification Method: Use the drop-down menu to select the notification method that will be used to reach the recipient. Methods include:

•Numeric Pager

•Alphanumeric pager

•IBM Director over Modem: In the case where an Avaya service contract is in place or the system is under warranty, this option could be used to report alarms to an Avaya service center.

•IBM Director over LAN - Avaya recommends not using this option.

•SNMP over LAN: In the case where an Avaya service contract is in place or the system is under warranty, this option could be used to report alarms to an Avaya services center.

•E-mail over LAN - Avaya recommends not using this option.

•SNMP over PPP

•E-mail over PPP - Avaya recommends not using this option.

NOTE:

IBM Director over Modem and SNMP over LAN are the methods supported by Avaya services.

32	Avaya Remote Supervisor Adapter User Guide
	November 2003