Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide

Configure an external source

You must define a source to enable PowerFlex Manager to receive an external event.

1. Go to Settings > Events and Alerts > Notification Policies.
2. From the Sources pane, click Add.
3. Enter a source name and description.
4. Configure either SNMP or syslog forwarding and click Submit > Dismiss:
   • For 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.
   • For SNMPv3:
     1. Enter the username, which identifies the ID where traps are forwarded on the network management system.
     2. Select a security level from the following:

        Table 1. Security levels and passwordsSecurity levels, descriptions, and passwords.

        Security level	Description	authPassword	privPassword
        Minimum	noAuthNoPriv	Not required	Not required
        Moderate	authNoPriv	Required	Not required
        Maximum	authPriv	Required	Required

   • If you select Syslog, click Enable Syslog.