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Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays Administrator's Guide

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Creating SNMP alert notifications—originating from the storage array

NOTE: The availability of SNMP alerts originating from the storage array varies depending on your RAID controller module model.

The MD storage management software can notify you when the status of a storage array or one of its components changes. This is called an alert notification. You can receive alert notifications by three different methods: email, SNMP traps originating from the storage management station where the event monitor is installed, and SNMP traps originating from the storage array (if available). This topic describes how to create SNMP traps originating from the storage array.

To configure an SNMP alert notification originating from the storage array, you specify the community name and the trap destination. The community name is a string that identifies a known set of network management stations and is set by the network administrator. The trap destination is the IP address or the host name of a computer running an SNMP service. At a minimum, the trap destination is the network management station. Keep these guidelines in mind when configuring SNMP alert notifications:
  • Host destinations for SNMP traps must be running an SNMP service so that the trap information can be processed.
  • Global settings are not required for the SNMP trap messages. Trap messages sent to a network management station or other SNMP servers are standard network traffic, and a system administrator or network administrator handles the security issues.
  1. In the Enterprise Management Window (EMW), select the Devices tab.
  2. Right-click the storage array that you want to send alerts, and then select Configure Alerts.
  3. Select the SNMP - Storage Array Origin Trap tab.
    The Configure Alerts dialog is displayed. The Configured communities table is populated with the currently configured community names and the Configured SNMP addresses table is populated with the currently configured trap destinations.
    NOTE: If the SNMP - Storage Array Origin Trap tab does not appear, this feature might not be available on your RAID controller module model.
  4. (Optional) If you want to define the SNMP MIB-II variables that are specific to the storage array, perform this step.
    You only need to enter this information once for each storage array. An icon is displayed next to the Configure SNMP MIB-II Variables button if any of the variables are currently set. The storage array returns this information in response to GetRequests.
    • The Name field populates the variable sysName.
    • The Location field populates the variable sysLocation.
    • The Contact field populates the variable sysContact.
    1. Click Configure SNMP MIB-II Variables.
    2. In the Name text box, the Location text box, and the Contact text box, enter the desired information.
      You can enter only printable ASCII characters. Each text string can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
    3. Click OK.
  5. In the Trap Destination text field, enter the trap destination, and click Add.
    You can enter a host name, an IPv4 address, or an IPv6 address. If you enter a host name, it is converted into an IP address for display in the Configured SNMP addresses table. A storage array can have a maximum of 10 trap destinations.
    NOTE: This field is disabled if no community names are configured.
  6. If you have more than one community name configured, in the Community Name column of the Configured SNMP addresses table, select a community name from the drop-down list.
  7. Do you want to send a trap when an authentication failure occurs on the storage array?
    • Yes – Select the check box in the Send Authentication Failure Trap column of the Configured SNMP addresses table. Selecting the check box sends an authentication failure trap to the trap destination whenever an SNMP request is rejected because of an unrecognized community name.
    • No – Clear the check box in the Send Authentication Failure Trap column of the Configured SNMP addresses table.
  8. (Optional) To verify that an SNMP alert is configured correctly, you can send a test message. In the Configured SNMP addresses area, select the SNMP destination that you want to test, and click Test. A test message is sent to the SNMP address. A dialog is displayed with the results of the validation and any errors. The Test button is disabled if you have not selected a community name.
  9. Click OK.
    An alert icon is displayed next to each node in the Tree view for which an alert is set.
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