Notifications via sms messages

[Albert Austin]

Hi,

Does SIM 5 support direct sending of sms notifications?
Has anyone enabled this feature and got it working successfully?
Does this feature require a gateway service from an operator?
Can it work if I connect a GSM modem?

Rgds

Albert

[ramesh_naik_]

Hi Albert,

Check this in case you haven't:

Creating a paging task based on e-mail notification:

You can set up a notification task that causes HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) to send an e-mail that can then be forwarded to a BlackBerry, cell phone (for example, SMS), and other paging interface application
whenever the Central Management Server (CMS) receives a Critical, Major, or Minor event.

NOTE: Paging is only supported on a CMS running Windows.

To create the task:
1. Select Optionsâ Eventsâ Automatic Event Handlingâ New Task. The Automatic Event Handling - New Task page appears.
2. Select with event and system attributes that I will specify now or with an existing event collection.
Follow the steps to create the task.
3. In the Task name field, enter a name for the task, such as Important Events for e-mail-Pager Task.
4. Click Next. The Select events section appears. See â Performing an advanced search for eventsâ for more information on selecting event criteria.
5. If a new event collection is to be created, then in the first selection box (criteria selection), select severity.
Otherwise, a list of all event collections is displayed.
6. In the second selection box (comparison selection), select is.
7. In the third selection box (value selection), select Critical.
8. Click Add to add the Major and Minor severities to the task.
9. Repeat steps 5 through 6, and in the third selection box, select Major and Minor.
10. Click Next. The Select systems section appears.
11. In the first selection box (criteria selection), select system name.
12. In the second selection box (comparison selection), select is.
13. In the third selection box (value selection), select (any).
14. Click Next. The Select actions section appears.
15. Select Send e-mail.
16. In the To address field, enter the e-mail address to which you want the notification sent (multiple addresses can be added so that a group is notified). A CC address can also be added so that a manager or supervisor is also notified.
17. In the Subject field, enter your subject, for example, HP Systems Insight Manager Events.
18. In the Message Format section, change the option to Pager/SMS. This option sends a condensed
e-mail format that is similar to a Paging Task in HP SIM, which is the ideal way to send alerts to a BlackBerry or cell phone type of hardware (or when Telephony Application Programming Interface
(TAPI) is not available and an e-mail-to-paging provider is being used).
19. Click Next. The Select time filter section appears.
20. Select Use time filter and select Nights and Weekends, unless you want to receive the e-mail 24 hours per day. If so, clear Use time filter. See â Applying a time filterâ for more information on time filters.
21. Click Next. The Review summary appears.
22. Click Previous if you must make changes, or click Finish to save the task.

You may want to refer Page:423 in this document:
http://h10018.www1.hp.com:80/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim_userGuide.pdf


Hope this explains!!!!!!

Regards,
rmn

[Albert Austin]

Thnx for the reply, but this is not new to me. I have gone through this before.

What I am trying to understand is the setup of the hardware procedure and not the setup of sending a notification.

Is it just as simple as connecting a modem to a serial port and text messaging starts to play? How do the SNMP traps/emails get converted to SMS?

Would really like input also from people who have goit this and are using this system for notifications.

Rgds,

Albert