You must define a source to enable
PowerFlex Manager to receive an external event. You do not need to create a source to receive
PowerFlex events.
About this task
External resources such as iDRAC, CloudLink, and Dell or Cisco Switches have to be discovered on the
Resources page either in managed or unmanaged state.
Alerts received from external resources like iDRAC, CloudLink, and Dell or Cisco Switches are seen only on
Events Page.
PowerFlex related alerts can be seen on both the
Alerts and
Events pages.
A syslog source can only go to a syslog destination and does not display in events. An SNMP source, either V2 or V3, displays in events even without a defined notification policy.
Steps
Go to
Settings > Events and Alerts > Notification Policies.
From the
Sources pane, click
Add.
The
Add Source window opens.
Enter a source name and description.
Configure either SNMP or syslog forwarding:
If you select
SNMPV2c:
Enter the community string by which the source forwards traps to destinations.
Enter the same community string for the configured resource. During discovery, if you selected
PowerFlex Manager to automatically configure iDRAC nodes to send alerts to
PowerFlex Manager, enter the community string that is used in that credential here.
If you select
SNMP V3:
Enter the username, which identifies the ID where traps are forwarded on the network management system.
NOTE:The username must be at most 16 characters.
Select a security level from the following:
Security Level
Details
Description
authPassword
privPassword
Minimal
noAuthNoPriv
No authentication and no encryption
Not required
Not required
Moderate
authNoPriv
Messages are authenticated but not encrypted
(Password-based encryption with message digest (MD5) with at least eight characters)
Required
Not required
Maximum
authPriv
Messages are authenticated and encrypted
(MD5 and Data Encryption Standard (DES) both with at least eight characters)
Required
Required
Currently, SNMP v3 alerts are supported by
PowerFlex only for iDRAC.
If you select
Syslog, click
Enable Syslog.
Click
Submit.
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