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# Configure alert notifications

You can configure Unisphere to monitor storage systems for specific events or error conditions. When an event or error of interest occurs, Unisphere displays an alert and, if configured to do so, notifies you of the alert by way of email, SNMP, or Syslog.

## Prerequisites

- See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.
- Unisphere employs the following throttling algorithms to prevent alert flurries from straining the system:

  Storage system Event Throttling | When a storage system raises an alert flurry, the alert infrastructure packages all the alerts into a single notification.
  Generic Throttling | When the number of alerts that are generated by a non-storage system event exceeds a set threshold, the alert infrastructure ignores subsequent alerts from the source.

This procedure explains how to configure Unisphere to notify you when a storage system generates an alert.

## Steps

Do one of the following:

- To enable alert notifications:
  - Select to open the Settings panel.
  - Select Alerts > Notifications to open the Notifications page.
  - In the panel, click Configure for method you want to use to deliver the notifications (see Configure email notifications or Configure SNMP notifications. (Not applicable for Syslog. For syslog, see Setting up the event daemon for monitoring in the Solutions Enabler Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions. )
  - In the panel, move the slider bar to the right to enable the configured method that you want to use to deliver the notifications. Possible methods are:

    Syslog | Forwards alert notifications to a remote syslog server
    Email | Forwards alert notifications to an email address
    SNMP | Forwards alert notifications to a remote SNMP listener

  - In the Alerts panel, do the following for each storage system from which you want to receive notifications:
    - Select the System Level and Performance Level severities in which you are interested.
    - To clear your selection, click a previously clicked item.
    - Once satisfied, click APPLY.