PowerFlex 4.X: Events and alerts Configure an external source and Configure a destination

摘要: PowerFlex Manager enables you to register a notification receiver for pushing alert and event messages through webhooks to a target system,for example, BigPanda.

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說明

Events and alerts

A source is used to configure the reception of external events and syslog content.

A destination is used to configure the ability to send events and alerts information out. A destination is always external. SupportAssist, email, SNMP, webhooks, and remote syslog are considered destinations.

Notification policies define what information is sent to each destination. Events and alerts exist irrespective of whether notification policies are created.

SNMP sources are not automatically discovered and must be configured to receive events about these sources. PowerFlex Manager is preconfigured and events, and alerts are automatically available. Resources in the PowerFlex appliance are automatically discovered. Any future resources, for example, switch replacements or additional nodes, are considered external and must be added manually as sources.

PowerFlex Manager enables you to register a notification receiver for pushing alert and event messages through webhooks to a target system,for example, BigPanda.

 

Configure an external source

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

 

About this task

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.

For a webhook, the resources are discovered in PowerFlex Manager, and the load balancer IP address needs to be configured on the resources individually. The alerts from individual resources are sent to Webhooks from the source resource type.

NOTE: For a webhooks destination, SNMPv3 is supported for iDRAC.

SNMPv2c is supported for all Resource types like switch CloudLink, iDRAC.

 

Steps

  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:

Security levels 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.

 

Configure a destination

Define a location where event and alert data that has been processed by PowerFlex Manager should be sent.

Steps

  1. Click Settings > Events and Alerts > Notification Policies.
  2. From the Destinations pane, click Add.
  3. From the Destinations page:
    1. Enter the destination name and description.
    2. From Destination Type menu, select to configure either SNMP, Syslog, or email (SMTP) forwarding.
    3. Click Next.
    4. Depending on the destination type, enter the following information:

 

Destination types and protocol settings

 

Destination type

Protocol settings

SNMP V2c
  • Network name/IP address
  • Port
  • Community string

SNMP V3
  • Network name/IP address
  • Port
  • Username
  • Security level:
    • Minimal - no more information required
    • Moderate - MD5 authentication password required

 

Destination types and protocol settings (continued)

 

Destination type

Protocol settings

 
  • Maximum - MD5 authentication and DES privacy passwords required

Syslog
  • Network name/IP address
  • Port
  • Protocol:
    • UDP
    • TCP
  • Facility:
    • All
    • Authentication
    • Security and authentication

Email (SMTP)
  • Destination name
  • Description
  • Destination type:
    • Server type:
      • SMTP
      • SMTP over SSL
      • SMTPS SMARTTLS
    • Server IP or FQDN
    • Port
    • Sender address and up to five recipient addresses
    • If you choose credentials, enter:
      • Username, password, sender address, and up to five recipient addresses
  • Send test email
  • Test email server connection

Webhook
  • Description
    • Destination name
  • Destination Type
  • Select Webhook (You can have up to three webhook destinations.)
  • Webhook destination API URL
    • When using an https Webhook destination, an SSL certificate is being used. Use a DNS or FQDN that matches what the SSL certificate is looking for in the Webhook Destination API URL.
    • For example, if you want to configure a webhook destination for BigPanda, you need to specify the BigPanda endpoint here.
    • You can get this URL from the BigPanda site.
  • Enable Credentials.
  • Credentials
    • For example, for BigPanda, the credential you use must have an app key and a token string. You can generate these values on the BigPanda site and then copy them to the app key and token fields.
  • Test Webhook.

 

  1. Click Finish.

其他資訊

For Full Guide See Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Administration Guide 

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文章編號: 000324421
文章類型: How To
上次修改時間: 22 7月 2026
版本:  4
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