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E-mail
An e-mail alert sends information about a switch event to a specified e-mail address. An e-mail
alert can send information about any error from any element, area, and class (only one e-mail
recipient can be configured per class). The e-mail alert specifies the threshold and describes the
event, much like an error message. To configure multiple e-mail recipients, refer to
“Configuring
e-mail notification” on page 1350. You must separate the e-mail addresses with a semi-colon and
include the complete e-mail address. For example, abc@12.com is a valid e-mail address; abc@12
is not.
SNMP traps
In environments in which you have a high number of messages coming from a variety of switches,
you may want to receive them in a single location and view them using a graphical user interface
(GUI). In this type of scenario, the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) notifications may
be the most efficient notification method. You can avoid logging in to each switch individually as
you would have to do for error log notifications.
SNMP performs an operation called a trap that notifies a management station using SNMP when
events occur. Log entries can also trigger SNMP traps if the SNMP agent is configured. When the
SNMP agent is configured to a specific error message level, error messages at that level trigger
SNMP traps.
An SNMP trap forwards the following information to an SNMP management station:
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Name of the element with a counter that registered an event
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Class, area, and index number of the threshold that the counter crossed
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Event type
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Value of the counter that exceeded the threshold
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State of the element that triggered the alarm
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Source of the trap
NOTE
The SNMP trap stores event information but does not actively send alerts.
You must configure the software to receive trap information from the network device. You must also
configure the SNMP agent on the switch using the snmpConfig command to send the trap to the
management station. You can configure SNMP notifications using the Management application
(refer to
“Event notification” on page 1256.
For information on configuring the SNMP agent using the snmpConfig command, see the Fabric OS
Command Reference .