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162 Cyclades ACS Advanced Console Server Installation, Administration and User Guide
Pager notifications entry
When you go to Administration - Notifications, select Pager from the pull-down menu and click on
Add or Edit button the Pager Notifications Add/Edit dialog box displays. The following table
describes the available fields in the pager notification entry dialog box.
To configure a trigger for pager notification for serial ports:
1. Go to Administration - Notifications in Expert mode and select Pager from the pull-down
menu. If desired, enable Notification Alarm for Data Buffering for an alarm to sound when the
trigger action occurs; and click either Add or Edit . The Notifications Add/Edit dialog
box displays.
2. Specify the event you wish to trigger a notification in the Alarm Trigger field.
3. If you need to edit an existing notification, select it from the pull-down list and proceed.
4. Enter or change the pager number in the Pager Number field.
5. Enter or edit the text that describes the event in the Text field.
6. Enter or change the Short Message Services (SMS) username, the SMS server’s IP address or
name and the SMS port number in the SMS User Name, SMS Server and SMS Port
fields respectively.
7. Click OK .
8. Click apply changes .
SNMP trap notifications entry
When you go to Administration - Notifications and select SNMP Trap from the pull-down menu
and then click on the Add or Edit button, the Notifications SNMP Add/Edit dialog box displays.
SNMP traps are event notifications sent to a list of responsible parties set up to receive alerts for the
managed systems. Any SNMP enabled device generates Fault Reports (Traps) that are defined in
Table 10.4: Pager Notification Add/Edit Dialog Box Fields
Field Name Definition
Alarm Trigger The trigger expression used to generate an alarm.
[untitled dropdown field] The first time you specify an alarm trigger the pull-down menu is empty.
A new trigger gets listed in the menu after it is created.
Pager Number The pager number of the notification recipient.
Text The text message for the pager.
SMS User Name The user name of the notification recipient.
SMS Server The name or the IP address of the SMS server.
SMS Port The port used by the SMS server.