IBM DS8880 Series, Introduction And Planning Manual

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Notification settings
Use the notification worksheets to specify the types of notifications that you want
to receive and that you want others to receive.
Note: The technical service representative sets up the notification process.
Notifications contain information about your storage complex, such as serviceable
events.
You can receive notifications through the following methods:
v Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps
v Email
You can choose one or both notification methods.
When you choose to have your storage complex generate SNMP traps, you can
monitor the storage complex over your network. You can control whether
management information base (MIB) information is accessible and what type of
SNMP traps to send. You can also specify the maximum number of traps that are
sent for each event and where to send the traps.
Notes:
1. If you have open-systems hosts and remote mirror and copy functions, you
must enable SNMP notifications for status reporting.
2. If you plan to use advanced functions SNMP messaging, you must set those
functions by using DS CLI.
When you choose to enable email notifications, email messages are sent to all the
email addresses that you specify on the worksheet when the storage complex
encounters a serviceable event or must alert you to other information.
You must complete the worksheet for each management console to be installed.
Power control settings
Use the power control worksheet to specify and schedule whether power turns on
and off automatically.
If you want to use a scheduled power mode, you must enter the schedule on the
power control worksheet. You must complete the power control worksheet for all
installations.
Control switch settings
Use the control switch settings work sheet to specify certain settings that affect
host connectivity. You are asked to enter these choices on the control switch
settings work sheet so that your technical service representative can set them
during the installation of your storage system.
The following control switches are set using the choices you specify on the control
settings work sheet.
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