Avalanche User Guide - Wavelink

Chapter 14: Managing Alert Profiles 1572 Click Edit.3 Select Enabled to enable the profile, if desired.4 In the Alert Profile tab, click Add in the Profiled Alerts area. From the list, select theevents for which you want an alert to be generated. When you are finished, click Close.5 If you want to forward alerts to an e-mail address or a proxy address:• If you want to receive an e-mail when an alert is generated, click Add in the ProfiledContacts area.The Contact Information dialog box appears.Enter the contact information and click OK. The contact will appear in the ProfiledContacts list.NOTE: You must configure the e-mail settings in the Preferences dialog box beforeAvalanche can e-mail you when alerts are generated. For information on configuring e-mailsettings, see Configuring E-mail Settings on page 26.• If you want to forward alerts to a SNMP proxy, click Add in the Profiled Proxies area.The Proxy Address dialog box appears.Enter the proxy address and click OK. The address will appear in the Profiled Proxieslist.6 Save your changes.The alert profile is created and configured, and can be assigned to a location.Adding E-Mail ContactsEach alert profile can notify one or more e-mail addresses when related events occur. If youwant the Avalanche Console to notify you of an alert by e-mail, add the e-mail address to theProfiled Contacts list for that profile. The entire contact list will receive e-mails for all alertsgenerated by that profile.NOTE: You must configure the e-mail settings before Avalanche will send e-mails whenalerts are generated. For information on configuring e-mail settings, see Configuring E-mailSettings on page 26.A list of e-mail addresses in a comma-delimited .csv file (for example, one exported fromMicrosoft Outlook) can be imported in order to add multiple e-mail addresses at a time.To add e-mail contacts:1 On the Profiles tab, select the profile you want to configure from the Profile List.