Alarm Configuration

7.6. The Ping-No-Answer Alarm

The Ping-No-Answer Alarm is intended to provide notification when one of the IP addresses defined via the Ping-No-Answer Reboot feature (as described in Section 6.1) fails to respond to a Ping command. When one of the user-defined IP addresses fails to answer a Ping command, the MPC can provide notification via Email, Syslog Message or SNMP Trap.

Notes:

In order for this alarm to function, IP Addresses for the Ping-No-Answer reboot feature must first be defined as described in Section 6.1.

When a Ping-No-Answer condition is detected, the MPC can still reboot the user-selected outlet(s) as described in Section 6.1, and can also send an email, Syslog Message and/or SNMP trap if properly configured as described in this section.

In order for the MPC to provide Email alarm notification, communication parameters must first be defined as described in Section 5.9.11.

In order for the MPC to provide Syslog Message notification, Syslog parameters must first be defined and Syslog Messages must be enabled as described in Section 5.9.2 and Section 11.

In order for the MPC to provide SNMP Trap notification when this alarm is triggered, SNMP parameters must first be defined, and SNMP Traps must be enabled as described in Section 5.9.7 and Section 12.

To configure the Lost Voltage (Line In) Alarm, access the MPC command mode using a password that permits Administrator Level commands, and then proceed as follows:

Text Interface: Type /AC and then press [Enter] to display the Alarm Configuration Menu. From the Alarm Configuration Menu, type 8 and press [Enter] to access the configuration menu for the Ping-No-Answer Alarm.

Web Browser Interface: Click the "Alarm Configuration" link, located on the left hand side of the screen to display the Alarm Configuration Menu. From the Alarm Configuration Menu, click on the "Ping-No-Answer" link to access the configuration Menu.

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