Enabling system alerts

Administrator Help | TRITON AP-EMAIL | Version 8.2.x

You can determine how alerts are distributed using 1 or more of the following delivery methods:

To a specified individual via an email message

To specified computers as a pop-up message on the Main > Status > Alerts page

To a specified community via an SNMP Trap system

Use the Settings > Alerts > Enable Alerts page to configure alert delivery methods.

When you are finished enabling alert methods, click OK.

Email alerts

Mark the Enable email alerts check box to have alerts and notifications delivered to administrators by email. Then, configure the following email settings:


Field	Description
From email address	Email address to use as the sender for email alerts
Administrator email address (To)	Email address of the primary recipient of email alerts. Each address must be separated by a semicolon.
Email addresses for completed report notification	Email addresses for completed report notification recipients. Each address must be separated by a semicolon.

Pop-up alerts

Mark the Enable pop-up alerts check box to have alerts delivered via pop-up messages on the Main > Status > Alerts page for specific computers. Then, enter the IP address or machine name for the desired computers, each entry separated by a semicolon.

SNMP alerts

Mark the Enable SNMP alerts check box to deliver alert messages through an SNMP Trap system installed in your network. Provide the following information about your SNMP Trap system:


Field	Description
Community name	Name of the trap community on your SNMP Trap server
Server IP or name	IP address or name of the SNMP Trap server
Port	Port number SNMP messages use

Click Check Status to send a test message to your SNMP server and verify that the specified SNMP port is open.