UPS Network Management Card 2 User’s Guide62
Administration: Notification

Event Actions

Path: Administration > Notification > Event Actions > options

Types of notification

You can configure notification actions to occur in response to an event or a group of events. You can notify
users of an event in any of several ways:
• Active, automatic notification. The specified users or monitoring devices are contacted directly.
– E-mail notification
–SNMP traps
– Remote Monitoring Service
– Syslog notification
• Indirect notification
– Event log. If no direct notification is configured, users must check the log to determine which
events have occurred
You can also log system performance data to use for device monitoring. See “Data
log” on page49 for information on how to configure and use this data logging option.
– Queries (SNMP GETs)
For more information, see “SNMP” on page58. SNMP enables an NMS to perform
informational queries. For SNMPv1, which does not encrypt data before trans mission ,
configuring the most restrictive SNMP access ty pe (READ) enables informational
queries without the risk of allowing remote configuration changes.
The NMC supports the use of the RFC1628 MIB (Management Information Base). See “SNMP traps” for
information on how you can set up a trap receiver. The 1628 MIB group of three events only work with that
MIB, not the alternative Powernet MIB. They can be configured like any event (see “Configuring event
actions” below).

Configuring event actions

Notification parameters. See “Configuring by event” and “Configuring by group”. For events that have an
associated clearing event, you can also set th ese additional parameters. To access the parameters, cl ick the
receiver or recipient name.
Parameter Description
Delay x time before
sending If the event persists for the specified time, notification is sent. If the condition clears
before the time expires, no notification is sent.
Repeat at an interval
of x time The notification is sent at the specified interval (e.g., every 2 minutes).
Up to x times During an active event, the notification repeats for this number of times.