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Chapter 7
Alerts, Auto-response
and Logging
ALERTS AND LOGGING
Introduction
This chapter describes
the automated response, alert generation
and logging features of the
console
server
.
The new Auto-Response facility (in firmware V3.5.1 and later) extends on the basic Alert facility available
in earlier firmware revisions. With the new facility the
console server
monitors selected serial ports, logins,
the power status and environmental monitors and probes for Check Condition triggers. The console
server will then initiate a sequence of actions in response to the triggers. To configure you:
•
set general parameters (
Section 7.1
), then
•
select and configure the
Check Conditions
i.e. the conditions that will trigger the response
(
Section 7.2
) , then
•
specify the
Trigger Actions
i.e. sequence of actions initiated in the event of the trigger condition
(Section 7.3),
then
•
specify the
Resolve Actions
i.e. actions performed when trigger conditions have been resolved
(Section 7.4)
All
console server
models can maintain log records of all access and communications with the
console
server
and with the attached serial devices. A log of all system activity is also maintained as is a history of
the status of any attached environmental monitors.
Some models also log access and communications with network attached hosts and maintain a history of
the UPS and PDU power status.
•
If port logs are to be maintained on a remote server, then the access path to this location needs
to be configured Then you need to activate and set the desired levels of logging for each
serial
and/or network port
(Section 7.6)
and/or power and environment UPS (refer
Chapter 8
)
7.1
Configure Auto-Response
With the Auto-Response facility, a sequence of
Trigger Actions
is initiated in the event of a specified
trigger condition
(Check Condition)
. Subsequent
Resolve Actions
can also be performed when the trigger
condition has been resolved.
To configure, first set the general parameters that will be applied to all Auto-Responses:
Check
Log Events
on
Alerts & Logging: Auto-Response
to enable logging
all Auto-
Response activities
Check
Delay after Boot
to set any general delay to be applied after console server system
boot, before processing events
