Avocent ACS 5000 manual Email Notifications Entry, Notifications Form Fields Field Name Definition

	Chapter 10: Administration Menu and Forms 131
Table 10.2: Notifications Form Fields
Field Name	Definition
Notification Alarm for Data Buffering	Enable by placing a checkmark in this field
[unlabeled view table]	List of alarm types and triggers
[unlabeled dropdown list]	Email, pager or SNMP notification methods

Clicking the Add button or selecting a previously specified event, then clicking the Edit button displays the Notifications Entry dialog box.

The form allows you to define alarm trigger actions and specify how to handle them. Different fields appear on the dialog boxes depending on whether Email, Pager or SNMP Trap notification have been selected from the Notifications form.

To choose a method for sending notifications for serial port data buffering events:

1.Go to Administration - Notifications in Expert mode. The Notifications form displays.

2.Enable Notification Alarm for Data Buffering by clicking the checkbox.

3.Select Email, Pager or SNMP Trap from the pull-down menu.

4.To create a new entry for an event to trigger an alarm or notification, click the Add button.

5.To edit a previously-configured trigger, click the Edit button.

Email Notifications Entry

When you select Email from the pull-down menu and click either the Add or Edit button, the Email Notification dialog box is displayed. The following table describes the available fields in the email notification entry dialog box.

Table 10.3: Email Notifications Dialog Box Fields

Field Name	Definition
Alarm Trigger	The trigger expression used to generate an alarm.
[untitled dropdown field]	The first time you specify an alarm trigger the pull-down menu is empty. A new
	trigger gets listed in the menu after it is created.
To/From/Subject/Body	The email for the designated recipient of the alarm notification.
SMTP Server IP	The IP address of the SMTP server.
SMTP Port	The port used by the SMTP server.