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Setting up lan alerts – Gateway 9210 User Manual

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7

Click

Save

to save the changes.

8

Click

Close

to return to the SSU main window.

Setting up LAN alerts

To set up LAN alerts:

1

Boot your server from the System Companion CD, then select

System Setup Utility

from

the menu. The System Setup Utility starts.

2

In the SSU main window, under Server Configuration, double-click

LAN Setup

.

3

Click to select the

Enable LAN Alerts

check box.

4

In the

SNMP Community String

box, you can type an optional string for the community

field in the

Header

section of the SNMP trap sent for an alert. The string must be from

5 to 16 characters. The default string is public.

5

In the

IP Setup

box, click either:

DHCP

—The IP address for the server is automatically assigned by the DHCP

(dynamic host control protocol) server on the network. The Host, Gateway, and
Subnet Mask boxes in the dialog box are ignored.

Static

—Assign the IP address for the server using the Host, Gateway, and Subnet

Mask boxes in the dialog box.

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If you chose

Static

IP Setup in the previous step, complete the IP addressing boxes:

Gateway MAC Address

—The physical address of the router for this server.

Host IP Address

—The IP address of this server.

Gateway IP Address

—The IP address of the router for this server.

Subnet Mask

—The IP address for the server’s subnet. The server uses this to decide

if the alert destination is on the same subnet.

7

In the

Alert IP Address

box, complete the IP address of the system you want to receive

alerts from this server. If you want the alert to be broadcast to an entire subnet, enter
the IP address for the subnet.

8

In the

Alert IP MAC Address

box, complete the physical Internet address (MAC address)

of the system you want to receive alerts from this server. Enter only valid hex values
for the Alert IP MAC address.

9

Click

Options

, then click

Configure Event Actions

.