Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series Administrator's Manual page 46

• For more specific notifications, you can configure the alert destinations at the storage management station, host, and storage array
levels.
1 Do one of the following actions based on whether you want to configure alerts for a single storage array or for all storage arrays.
• Single storage array – In the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select the Devices tab. Right-click the storage array that
you want to send alerts, and then select Configure Alerts.
• All storage arrays – In the EMW, select the Setup tab. Select Configure Alerts, and then select the All storage arrays radio
button, and then click OK.
The Configure Alerts dialog is displayed.
2 Select the SNMP - Event Monitor Origin Trap tab.
Any SNMP addresses that you had previously configured appear in the Configured SNMP addresses area.
3 In the Community name text box, type the community name.
A community name can have a maximum of 20 characters.
4 In the Trap destination text box, type the trap destination, and click Add.
You can enter a host name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address.
5 (Optional) To verify that an SNMP alert is configured correctly, you can send a test message. In the Configured SNMP addresses area,
select the SNMP destination that you want to test, and click Test.
A test message is sent to the SNMP address. A dialog box is displayed with the results of the validation and any errors. The Test
button is disabled if you have not selected a community name.
6 Click OK.
An alert icon is displayed next to each node in the Tree view for which an alert is set.
Creating SNMP alert notifications—originating from the storage array
NOTE: The availability of SNMP alerts originating from the storage array varies depending on your RAID controller module
model.
The MD storage management software can notify you when the status of a storage array or one of its components changes. This is called
an alert notification. You can receive alert notifications by three different methods: email, SNMP traps originating from the storage
management station where the event monitor is installed, and SNMP traps originating from the storage array (if available). This topic
describes how to create SNMP traps originating from the storage array.
To configure an SNMP alert notification originating from the storage array, you specify the community name and the trap destination. The
community name is a string that identifies a known set of network management stations and is set by the network administrator. The trap
destination is the IP address or the host name of a computer running an SNMP service. At a minimum, the trap destination is the network
management station. Keep these guidelines in mind when configuring SNMP alert notifications:
• Host destinations for SNMP traps must be running an SNMP service so that the trap information can be processed.
• Global settings are not required for the SNMP trap messages. Trap messages sent to a network management station or other SNMP
servers are standard network traffic, and a system administrator or network administrator handles the security issues.
1 In the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select the Devices tab.
2 Right-click the storage array that you want to send alerts, and then select Configure Alerts.
3 Select the SNMP - Storage Array Origin Trap tab.
The Configure Alerts dialog is displayed. The Configured communities table is populated with the currently configured community
names and the Configured SNMP addresses table is populated with the currently configured trap destinations.
NOTE: If the SNMP - Storage Array Origin Trap tab does not appear, this feature might not be available on your RAID
controller module model.
4 (Optional) If you want to define the SNMP MIB-II variables that are specific to the storage array, perform this step.
You only need to enter this information once for each storage array. An icon is displayed next to the Configure SNMP MIB-II Variables
button if any of the variables are currently set. The storage array returns this information in response to GetRequests.
• The Name field populates the variable sysName.
46 Discovering and managing your storage array