The is capable of sending immediate alerts, either as emails, SNMP traps, or performing automaticaly a power cycling when there is blue screen, no video, or NumLock test failure from a remote computer. This feature should be used in conjunction with the autoscanning function, so that the will help carry on a constant surveillance on the health conditions of your connected servers.
Note: This Alarm Selection page is where you can select which action must do when it detects an event. This page is NOT the place where you can specify how the action is to be implemented. To do so, refer to SNMP Traps, Email Alarms and Computers.
There are three types of alarm-triggering events the can respond to:
Each one of these events can be configured to trigger any one of these three types of actions:
After you have made all modifications, click Store Settings to save your settings and then hit Apply Settings/Restart Servers to validate these new settings. Every change you have made on this page will NOT apply until you hit Apply Settings/Restart Servers!
No Video Alarm (Blank Screen)
No Video could be a result from power failure or an unsupported video mode, i.e., an out-of-range video mode or most often a video mode not yet set up into the video database.
If you want the to respond immediately to this sort of events, just check the Enable Alarm option, then specify what type(s) of action you would like to do: either Restart Computer, Send an Email, or Send an SNMP trap.
Blue Screen Alarm (Text mode)
Blue screen is a result of Windows Operating System fatal error. A blue screen can be detected by its low resolution video mode.
If you want the to respond immediately to this event, just check the Enable Alarm option. Next specify what type(s) of screen resolution you will regard as Blue Screen: 600 x 400 or 600 x 480, and subsequently select either Restart Computer, Send an Email, or Send an SNMP trap as action to do.
NumLock Test Alarm (Frozen Keyboard)
The NumLock test is to send a NumLock signal to the computer, and the computer normally should return a response immediately so that the NumLock LED indicator on the keyboard will be lit to indicate the success of the test. The failure of a NumLock test indicates at least a keyboard failure to respond to this NumLock signal, or it might be due to bigger problem such as system failure, or simply a powered-off state.
If you want the to respond to this alarm-triggering event, just check the Enable Alarm option. Next specify what type(s) of action you would like to do: Restart Computer, Send an Email, or Send an SNMP trap.