Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

Configuring an external source

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.

1. Go to Settings > Events and Alerts > Notification Policies.
2. From the Sources pane, click Add.
   The Add Source window opens.
3. Enter a source name and description.
4. Configure either SNMP or syslog forwarding:
   • If you select SNMPV2c:
     1. Enter the community string by which the source forwards traps to destinations.
     2. 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:
     1. 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.
     2. 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.
5. Click Submit.