APC NetBotz 320 Rack Appliance NBRK0320E User Manual

To create a new Alert Sequence (or modify a previously created Alert Sequence):

1. Double-click on the Alert Profile icon.

2. Select the Alert Profile to which you would like to add a new Alert Sequence and then click Edit.

3. Click Add.... If you are modifying a previously created Alert Sequence, select from the Sequence 

table the desired Alert Sequence and then click Edit....

4. Type in the Label field a name for the Alert Sequence.

5. Type in the Start field (or use the arrow buttons in the field to select) the number of minutes that 

must pass before an alert condition results in the notification specified by this Alert Sequence. For 
example, if you want notifications to begin only if the alert condition has gone uncorrected for 5 
minutes or more, specify a Start Time of 300 seconds. If you want notifications to begin 
immediately, specify a Start Time of 0 seconds.

6. Check the Repeat Until Normal check box if you want the Alert Actions specified by this Alert 

Sequence to be repeated automatically until the alert condition no longer exists. If you want the 
actions to be repeated only a specific number of times, then leave this check box unchecked and 
instead use the Repeats value to specify how many times to repeat the actions

7. (Optional) Check the Automatically add new alert actions to this schedule check box if you want 

any new Alert Actions created after this Alert Schedule is defined to be automatically added to this 
schedule.

8. Type in the Repeats field (or use the arrow buttons in the field to select) the number of times that 

the notifications specified by this Alert Sequence will be repeated. This field will not be available if 
the Repeat Until Normal check box is checked.

9. Type in the Interval field (or use the arrow buttons in the field to select) the number of seconds that 

will pass between repeated notifications in this Alert Sequence.

10. Specify Capture Settings for graphs and pictures associated with this Alert Sequence. Capture 

settings can be used to override the Maximum Camera Pictures and Include a Graph with the 
Alert settings for all Alert Actions that you associate with this Alert Sequence. 

11. By default, alert sequence Capture Settings are set to Capture if requested, which indicates that 

this alert sequence will capture graphs and pictures if alert actions are configured to request them 
(i.e. if the Maximum Camera Pictures setting is greater than 0 or the Include a Graph with the 
Alert check box is checked). While this setting ensures that pictures and graphs are included with 
alert notifications, in some circumstances you may wish to receive images or graphs only from 
some alert sequences (such as the initial alert notification), or you might want to preserve graphs 
and images on the appliance even if they are not included with alert notifications. 

Rather than creating multiple copies of the same Alert Action, some which enable the inclusion of 
camera pictures and graphs and some that do not, you can just create one Alert Action (for example, 
e-mail) and use the capture controls to override the Alert Action settings as follows:

– Set the Graph or Picture Capture Settings to Never capture. When Capture Settings are set 

to Never capture, images or graphs are not included with any alert actions that are associated 
with the Alert Sequence, regardless of the Maximum Camera Pictures and Include a Graph 
with the Alert settings for the alert actions.

– Set the Graph or Picture Capture Settings to Always capture. When Capture Settings are set 

to Always capture, images or graphs are always captured by the appliance, even if the