Avocent MERGEPOINT 53XX SP MANAGER Installer/User Manual page 61

Before creating an alert action, configure the action settings to allow for alert notifications.
To configure action settings (Admin users only):
1. Click the Alerts tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Action.
3. Click Action Setting.
4. Specify the following parameters:
a. In the SMTP Server field, type the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server address
for sending email.
b. In the SMTP Server Account field, type the account used as the email sender.
c. In the SMTP Server Password field, type the password for the SMTP server account.
d. In the SMTP Sender field, type the display name of the email sender.
e. In the MSN User field, type the MSN account used as the MSN message sender.
f. In the MSN Password field, type the password for the MSN user.
g. In the YAHOO IM User field, type the YAHOO IM account used as the YAHOO IM
message sender.
h. In the YAHOO IM Password field, type the password for the YAHOO IM account.
5. Click Apply.
To create an alert action (Admin users only):
1. Click the Alerts tab.
2. In the top navigation bar, click Action.
3. Click Add.
4. In the Action Configuration area, specify the following information:
a. Select the Action Type from the drop-down menu: Email, MSN, YAHOO or
SNMP Forward.
b. If you selected Email, type the email address of the receiver in the Email Address field.
-or-
If you selected MSN, type the MSN account of the receiver in the Email Address field.
-or-
If you selected SNMP Forward, type the IP address of the destination machine in the
Receiver field.
-or-
If you selected YAHOO, type the YAHOO IM account of the receiver in the
YAHOO field.
5. Click Apply.
To delete an alert action (Admin users only):
1. Click the Alerts - Action.
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