Instruction Manual
Alerts and Logging
This chapter describes the logging and alert generation features of the console server. The Alert facility monitors the serial ports, all logins and the power status and sends emails or Nagios or SNMP alerts when speci- fied trigger events occurs:
First, you must enable and configure the service that will be used to carry the alert then specify the alert trigger condition and the actual destination to which that particular alert is to be sent.
The Port Logging can maintain a record of all access and communica- tions with the ECS0016 and with the attached serial devices. A log of all system activity is also maintained.
•If port logs are to be maintained on a remote server, then the access path to this location need to be configured. Then, you need to activate and set the desired levels of logging for each serial or network port or Managed UPS
Enable SMTP, SNMP and/or Nagios
The Alerts facility monitors nominated ports/hosts for trigger conditions. When triggered an Alert message is emailed to a nominated email ad- dress (SMTP), or sent to a designated SNMP destination or sent to the central Nagios server for action. Before setting up the alert trigger, you must specify these alert destinations.
Email alerts
To set up the email alert destination:
1.Select Alerts & Logging: SMTP and in the Server field enter the IP address of the outgoing mail server
•You may optionally enter an Sender email address which will appear as the ‘from’ address in all sent email from this ECS0016
2.Click Apply to activate SMTP.
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