Dell PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Administrator’s Guide

Send notifications to SNMP trap hosts

Perform the following steps to send notifications to SNMP trap hosts:

1. Perform one of the following to access the options in the Notifications tab:
   • In the Home topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
   • In the System topic, select Action > System Settings, then click Notifications.
   • In the footer, click the events panel and select Set Up Notifications.
   • In the Welcome panel, select System Settings, and then click the Notifications tab.
2. Select the SNMP tab. If a message near the top of the panel informs you that the SNMP service is disabled, enable the service.
3. Select the minimum Notification Level severity for which the system should send email notifications: Critical (only); Error (and Critical); Warning (and Error and Critical); Informational/Resolved (all); or none.
4. In the Read community field, enter the SNMP read password for your network. This password is included in traps that are sent. This string must differ from the write-community string. The value is case-sensitive and can have a maximum of 31 bytes. It can include any character except for the following: " < >
   The default is public.
5. In the Write community field, enter the SNMP write password for your network. This string must differ from the read-community string. The value is case-sensitive and can have a maximum of 31 bytes. It can include any character except for the following: " < >
   The default is private.
6. In the Trap Host Address fields, enter the network addresses of hosts that are configured to receive SNMP traps. The values can be IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, or FQDNs.
7. Perform one of the following:
   • To save your settings and continue configuring your system, click Apply.
   • To save your settings and close the panel, click Apply and Close.
   A confirmation panel appears.
8. Click OK.