Web Manager for Administrators > Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications

Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications
Selecting Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications in Expert mode brings up a screen like the one shown in the following figure.
Web Manager Configuration>Serial>Notifications Screen
An administrative user can use this screen to enable notifications about system crashes or other events of interest that occur on the device that is connected to the serial port. Data buffering must be enabled. The administrative user an configure notifications to be sent either by email, pager, or SNMP trap.
Caution! Alarms are not generated unless the checkbox is checked next to “Notification Alarm for Data Buffering.”
Clicking the Add button or selecting a previously-specified event and clicking the Edit button brings up a “Notifications Entry” dialog box that allows you to define trigger actions and specify how to handle them. Different fields appear on the dialog boxes depending on whether Email, Pager, and SNMP trap notifications have been chosen. Web Manager Configuration>Serial/AUX>NotificationsEmail Example shows the dialog box for email notifications.
Note: Until an alarm trigger is specified, the pull-down menu on the “Notifications Entry” screen is empty. A new trigger gets listed in the menu after it is created.
Web Manager Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications—Email Example
See Notifications, Alarms, and Data Buffering for the supported syntax for alarm triggers.
To Choose a Method for Sending Notifications for Serial Port Data Buffering Events [Expert]
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The Notifications screen appears.
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To Configure a Trigger for Email Notification for Serial Ports [Expert]
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Go to Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications in Expert mode, select “Email” from the pull-down menu; optionally, configure an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs; and click either Add or Edit.
If needed, see “To Choose a Method for Sending Notifications for Serial Port Data Buffering [Expert]” on page 217.
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Enter the username only in this field. The email is sent to username@server, where server is the value entered in Step 7..
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To Configure a Trigger for Pager Notification for Serial Ports [Expert]
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Go to Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications in Expert mode, select Pager from the pull-down menu; optionally, configure an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs; and choose “Pager” from the pull-down menu, and click either Add or Edit.
If needed, see “To Choose a Method for Sending Notifications for Serial Port Data Buffering [Expert]” on page 217.
The “Notifications Entry” dialog box appears.
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Enter the Short Message Services (SMS) user name, the SMS server’s IP address or name, and the SMS port number in the “SMS User Name,” “SMS Server,” and “SMS Port” fields.
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To Configure a Trigger for SNMP Trap Notification for Serial Ports Expert]
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Go to Configuration>Serial/AUX>Notifications in Expert mode, select “SNMP Trap” from the pull-down menu; optionally, configure an alarm to sound when the trigger action occurs; and click either Add or Edit.
If needed, see “To Choose a Method for Sending Notifications for Serial Port Data Buffering [Expert]” on page 217.
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The choices are “Cold Start,” “Warm Start,” “Link Down,” “Link up,” “Authentication Failure,” “EGP neighbor loss,” or “Enterprise specific.”
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