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Chapter12 Managing Alarms
Configuring System Alarm Settings
Configuring System Alarm Settings
System alarms are used to notify users of:
•Errors that are encountered by the Monitoring and Reporting servi ces
•Information on data purging
Use this page to enable system alarms and to specify where alarm notifications are sent. When you
enable system alarms, they are sent to the Alarms Inbox. In addition, you can choose to send alarm
notifications through e-mail to select recipients and as syslog messages to the destinations specified as
alarm syslog targets.
From the Monitoring and Report Viewer, choose Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration
> System Alarm Settings.
This section contains the following topics:
•Creating and Editing Alarm Syslog Targets, page 12-35
•Deleting Alarm Syslog Targets, page 12-36
Table12-26 System Alarm Settings Page
Option Description
System Alarm Settings
Notify System Alarms Check this check box to enable system alarm notification.
System Alarms Suppress
Duplicates
Use the drop-down list box to designate the number of hours that you want to suppress
duplicate system alarms from being sent to the Email Notification User List. Valid options
are 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.
Email Notification
Email Notification User List Enter a comma-separated list of e-mail addresses or ACS administrator names or both. Do
one of the following:
•Enter the e-mail addresses.
•Click Select to enter valid ACS administrator names. The associated administrator is
notified by e-mail only if there is an e-mail identification specified in the administrator
configuration. See Creating, Duplicating, Editing, and Deleting Administrator Accounts,
page 16-7 for more information.
When a system alarm occurs, an e-mail is sent to all the recipients in the Email Notification
User List.
Click Clear to clear this field.
Email in HTML Format Check this check box to send e-mail notifications in HTML format. Uncheck this check box
to send e-mail notifications as plain text.
Syslog Notification
Send Syslog Message Check this check box to send a syslog message for each system alarm that ACS generates.
For ACS to send syslog messages successfully, you must configure Alarm Syslog Targets,
which are syslog message destinations. Understanding Alarm Syslog Targets, page 12 -35 for
more information.