Alarm Consumers
Alarm consumers are actions that are triggered when specific alarms occur. For example, an alarm consumer might send an e‑mail to a supervisor when a certain alarm turns red. Like alarm providers, alarm consumers are based on plug-ins.
Alarm consumers can trigger a variety of actions, including:
• logging an event to a database
• enabling the GSM to act as an SNMP agent
• sending SNMP traps
• sending an e‑mail or SMS message
• activating a GPI output
• launching a script
• switching a router crosspoint
Alarm consumers are often referred to in iControl as actions, and are managed via the Admin > Actions tab of the GSM Alarm Browser.
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Some alarm consumer plug-ins are included in every iControl system. Others are available as options. The table below provides an overview of some common plug-ins.
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Plug-in Name | Type | Instance | Plug-in Description | Availability |
Event and incident log | GSM | -- | | Option |
GPI VNODE relay | GSM | -- | | Option |
Scripted action | GSM | -- | | Option |
Send email | GSM | -- | Enables iControl to send e‑mail messages (SMTP) in response to an alarm | Option |
SNMP agent | GSM | Single | Enables the GSM to act as an SNMP agent | Option |
SNMP trap sender | GSM | Multiple | Enables the GSM to send SNMP traps (based on any GSM alarm) to a third party manager | Option |
