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Alert System Components 367
There are various types of alert that may be created within the system.
These are detailed in
“Alerts” on page 325 .
Each alert type may be configured with suitable parameters for its type.
For example, a
Sound alert only requires the name of a suitable audio file,
whereas an E-mail alert requires details of the SMTP host to use, along
with details of the source and destination e-mail addresses and the
subject and contents of the message.
Other than the Sound alert type, which requires only the name of a
suitable audio file, the configuration of an alert allows you to enter
tokens in the fields used to generate the alert. When the alert is
generated these tokens are replaced by the values they represent. This
allows you to configure dynamic alert messages.
The Alerts System supports the following tokens:
Table 61 Alert System Tokens
To insert a token into a field, place the cursor at the location where the
token is to be inserted and select the token from the table of tokens
shown on the
Add Alerts dialog box. Tokens may also be typed in directly.
For example, the sample Pop-up alert that is provided with the system is
defined as follows:
Token Replaced In Generated Alert By
$date$ The date when the event was generated.
$time$ The time when the event was generated.
$device$ The name of the item that the event was generated for.
$ipAddr$ The IP address of the item that the event was generated for.
$event
Severity$ The severity of the generated event.
$event
Description$ The description of the generated event.
$event
Explanation$ An explanation of the event, including possible causes and
resolutions.