How do I configure alerts?

[MRCUR]

How do I configure alerts in a Meraki network? Is there a way to email different people for different events?

[CapitolG]

Under Network-Wide, then alerts

All the different reasons for sending out alerts are available for configuring who gets what alert

From my dashboard I am seeing alerts for switch ports going down to IP conflicts

You can also add the email address in for what alert gets sent where

[TheMerakiGuy · Accepted solution]

Network alerts can be configured in Dashboard under Network-wide > Configure > Alerts.

This link should provide enough info to get you started.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Monitoring_and_Reporting/Configuring_Network_Alerts_in_Dashboard

[MRCUR]

Thanks @TheMerakiGuy!

[JimM]

hey Meraki guy, can you tell me if traps can be sent to a central device like Solar Winds or other device for alerts?  Or is it only email addresses that alerts send to?

[ccnewmeraki]

Yeah you can pass alerts to SolarWinds using meraki dashboard SNMP: https://documentation.meraki.com/zGeneral_Administration/Monitoring_and_Reporting/SNMP_Overview_and_...

You can also enable SNMP on individual devices to monitor uptime.

[DonL]

Hello,

Once you get the traps to the other platform you will likely run into the issue we are having - the trap contain No IP or Hostname target information only the MAC address , Network Name / customer/Site / State / issue data.

MAC is not the normal lookup value so were trying to build a workaround.

I understand the devices are DHCP so IP *might* not be a valid target if its constantly changing. - but other customers I have talked to are using DHCP Reservation to have consistent IP Addresses used.

We need something other than MAC in the traps to identify the target !

Don