Alert in IIQ 5.0.0 – Part II
Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:10:19 -0000
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My previous post introduced one of the key features in IIQ 5.0.0 – Alert and explained how it works. In this blog, we will go into the details of how to configure it.
How to configure an alert in IIQ 5.0.0
Configure SMTP server in IIQ
Follow the steps below to add the SMTP server in IIQ:
- Access Configure SMTP under Settings from the left side menu.
- Enter the SMTP Server IP or FQDN. Username and Password are optional.
- Click the Save button.
You can send a test email to verify the settings.
- SMTP configuration
Note: If you keep the SMTP Port number blank, the default will be 25 or 587 for TLS.
Manage Alerts
Create Alert Rules
To create alert rules, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Manage Alerts under Alerts from the left side menu.
- Click the Alert Rules.
- Click the Create Alert Rule button and a pop-up window will appear as shown below:
- Create Alert Rule
- Specify the KPI, Severity, and Threshold for it. Click the Save button.
- (Optional) You can create multiple Alert Rules.
Create a Notification Rule
A notification rule specifies the recipient(s) of SMTP alerts and its associated alert severity. To create a notification rule, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Manage Alerts located below Alerts from the left side menu.
- Click the Notification Rules.
- Click the button Create Notification Rule and it will pop up a window as shown below.
- Create Notification Rule
- Input the Recipient Email ID(s) and choose the severity from the dropdown list of Receive Emails for.
- Click the Save button.
Create an alert policy
To create an alert policy, follow these steps:
- Navigate to Manage Alerts located under Alerts from the left side menu.
- Click the Alert Policies.
- Click the Create Policy button.
- Input the Name and Description in the Policy Details window and click the Next button.
- In the Alert Rules subpage, you can choose either Existing Alert Rules or Create Alert Rule by clicking the corresponding button. After you create the alert rules, click the Next Button.
- Add Alert Rules
- On the Cluster subpage, choose the cluster to which you want to apply the alert settings, and click the Next button.
- Choose clusters
- On the Notification Rules subpage, you can choose either Existing Notification Rules or Create Notification Rule by clicking the corresponding button. After you choose the rule, click the Next button.
- Specify Notification Rules
- Click the Save button in the final Review subpage.
- The following screenshot is a sample alert email:
- Sample email alert
View Alerts
All the alerts can be accessed in Alerts > View Alerts from the left side menu.
- View Alert
On this page you can:
- Filter alerts by selecting the Duration.
- Show alerts by choosing specific Clusters.
- Categorize alerts by different severity levels.
- Sort alerts by the Date & Time.
Hope you enjoy the reading. If you have any questions for suggestion on this feature, please feel free to reach out to me. (Vincent.shen@dell.com)