Extreme Networks EPICenter Reference Manual page 122

The EPICenter Alarm System
The fields and buttons in this window are defined as follows:
Sound Alert
Email to
Settings...
Short email to
Forward Trap to
Settings...
Run Macro
Macros...
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Click the check box to have the alarm system play an audible alert on the client computer when
the alarm occurs. The alarm will sound on all EPICenter clients currently connected to the
EPICenter server. The sound that is played depends on the severity level of the alarm.
The alert sound files are kept on the
EPICenter installation directory, and are named according to the severity level they represent
(normal.wav, warning.wav and so on).
Click this check box to indicate that e-mail should be sent, then enter the e-mail address(es) of
the recipients for the e-mail. E-mail addresses in a list can be separated by commas,
semicolons, or spaces.
The email header provides the alarm number, alarm name, source IP address and ifIndex,
severity, and the alarm message.
The body of the email provides the alarm time, alarm name, alarm category, severity, source IP
address and ifIndex, alarm message, the event name that triggered the alarm, the result of the
alarm action, and a URL link to the EPICenter server.
Note: If the e-mail check boxes are grayed out, you must first configure your e-mail settings.
Click this to display the Email Settings window, where you can configure your e-mail settings.
You will need to do this if the Email to and Short email to checkboxes are not accessible. See
"Setting Up E-mail for the Alarm System" on page 124
with alarm actions.
Click this check box to indicate that a short e-mail (appropriate for text paging) should be sent.
Then enter the e-mail address(es) of the recipients for the e-mail. E-mail addresses in a list can
be separated by commas, semicolons, or spaces.
Short email provides the alarm number in the subject header, and the alarm name, source IP
address and ifIndex, severity, and alarm message in the body of the email.
Click this check box to forward the trap event that caused this alarm. The forwarding
instructions currently in force are shown to the right of the check box:
• Host: The host name or host IP address of the system to which the trap is forwarded.
• Port: The port on which the specified host receives traps.
• Community String: The community string for the specified host.
• Version: The version of SNMP to which traps will be converted. This can specify No
conversion, Convert trap to SNMPv1 or Convert trap to SNMPv2c.
Note: To change any of these settings, click the Settings... button to the right of this field.
Click this to display the Trap Forwarding Settings window, where you can configure the trap
forwarding instructions. See
on configuring trap forwarding settings.
Click this checkbox to specify a Telnet macro that should run when this alarm occurs. Enter the
macro name or click the Macros... button to select a macro from a list of saved macros.
Note: When a macro is executed as an alarm action, the macro results are not saved. In order to
have the results saved, EPICenter debug must be enabled. Results are then saved in a file
named alarmMacro.txt, saved in the <EPICenter_install_dir>/user.war/telnet
directory. EPICenter debug can be enabled through the Reports feature, but will increase the
time required for processing alarms and alarm actions. See
page 439 for more information on enabling EPICenter debug mode.
Click this to display the Select Macro window, where you can select a Telnet macro from a list
of saved macros.
EPICenter
server in the \extreme subdirectory of the
"Configuring the Trap Forwarding Settings" on page 125
for details on setting up e-mail for use
"EPICenter Server Reports" on
EPICenter Reference Guide
for details