Configure Audible Notifications for all alarms

You can enable audible notifications for every alarm in the enterprise.

If you enable audible notifications for all alarms, a sound plays on the system hosting the Enterprise Manager application when any alarm is triggered. You can disable audible notification for individual alarms.

If you disable audible notification for all alarms, no sound plays when alarms are triggered. In this case, audible notification cannot be enabled for individual alarms.

Windows Performance Counter alarms

The audible notification feature is not available for Windows Performance Counter alarms. For information about identifying these local host alarms, see Windows Performance Counter and the Error Retrieving Performance Counter Alarm.

Procedure 

  1. Choose System Monitoring > System Monitor > Global Alarm Settings.

  2. To enable audible notification, select the Audible Notification check box. To disable audible notification, clear the check box.

  3. Click Save.

Global Alarm Settings screen reference

Configure Audible Notification for an individual alarm