IBM Partner Pavilion Remote Supervisor Adapter Setting remote alerts, Remote alert retry limit

Complete the following steps to set the number of times the Remote Supervisor

Adapter or ASM processor attempts to send an alert:

1.Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter on which you want to set remote alert attempts. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the ASM Web interface” on page 3.

2.For an xSeries 330 server: If you want to set the remote alert attempts on the ASM processor, log in to the ASM processor. For more information, see “Logging in to the ASM processor in an xSeries 330 server” on page 6.

3.In the navigation pane, click Alerts and scroll down to the Global Remote Alert Settings section.

Use these settings to define the number of remote alert attempts and the time between the attempts. The settings apply to all configured remote alert recipients.

Remote alert retry limit

Use the Remote alert retry limit field to specify the number of additional times that the Remote Supervisor Adapter or ASM processor will attempt to send an alert to a recipient.

Delay between retries

Use the Delay between retries field to specify the time interval (in minutes) that the Remote Supervisor Adapter or ASM processor will wait between retries to send an alert to a recipient.

4.Select the Include event log with e-mail alerts check box to attach the local event log to all e-mail alert notifications. The event log provides a summary of the most recent events and assists with problem identification and fast recovery.

Notes:

a.To send the event log as an e-mail attachment, you must select E-mail over LAN or E-mail over PPP as the notification method for at least one remote alert recipient.

b.Event logs attached in an e-mail are not forwarded to a Remote Supervisor Adapter on the ASM interconnect network.

5.Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.

Setting remote alerts

Note: For an xSeries 330 server: You can set remote alerts only when you are logged in to the ASM processor.

Complete the following steps to select the remote alerts to be sent:

1.Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter where you want to set remote alerts. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the ASM Web interface” on page 3.

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