A platform event filter (PEF) can trigger an action and generate an alert when a critical hardware-related event occurs. For each PEF, you can choose the action to be taken (or take no action) when a platform event occurs. You can also choose to generate and send an alert when a platform event occurs. Alerts are sent as an SNMP trap, so you must configure an SNMP trap destination before the alerts can be sent.

You can globally enable or disable the generation of platform event alerts. When disabled, alerts are not sent even if PEFs are configured to send them.

Step 1	In the Navigation pane, click the Admin tab.
Step 2	On the Admin tab, click Event Management. Figure 3. Event Management
Step 3	In the Event Management pane, click the Platform Event Filters tab.
Step 4	In the Platform Event Filters area, complete the following fields for each event: Name Description ID column The unique filter ID. Event column The name of the event filter. Action column For each filter, select the desired action from the scrolling list box. This can be one of the following: None—No action is taken. Reboot—The server is rebooted. Power Cycle—The server is power cycled. Power Off—The server is powered off. Send Alert column For each filter that you want to send an alert, check the associated check box in this column. Note    In order to send an alert, the filter trap settings must be configured properly and the Enable Platform Event Filters check box must also be checked.
Step 5	Click Save Changes.

If you configure any PEFs to send an alert, complete the following tasks:

• Enabling Platform Event Alerts
• Configuring SNMP Trap Settings

A CIMC platform event alert sent as an SNMP trap contains an enterprise object identifier (OID) in the form 1.3.6.1.4.1.3183.1.1.0.event. The first ten fields of the OID represent the following information: iso(1).org(3).dod(6).internet(1).private(4).enterprises(1).wired_for_management(3183).PET(1).version(1).version(0), indicating an IPMI platform event trap (PET) version 1.0 message. The last field is an event number, indicating the specific condition or alert being notified.