I'm just curious right now I have alerts going threw email, and I see Orion NPM has the option to send email via SMS/NotePager.
Now If I purchase and install NotePager is that it or does my NPM server need a modem?
From what I have seen you can use any SMS gateway. Orion sends an email to the SMS gateway which forwards the contents as a SMS is one way. Check out this thread:
We use a USB GSM Modem.
Here's a link to integrating the two together:
http://www.notepage.net/solar-winds/integrationfaq.htm
We have purchased a SMS Gateway from CellTrust, I have the Alerts set up using an API (HTTP GET/POST) pointed to our external gateway and it works great. No need to have to manage yet another device i.e. GSB Modem. This was the most cost effective implementation as we are scaling this towards a data center. If you need any assistance I can point you in the right direction.
We use Notepager Pro with a GSM modem attached to the machine.
We considered using an outside gateway, but if the network is down, how do you suppose you will get those alerts? That situation is very remote, but still possible and that is what prompted us to go the GSM modem route.
The setup is simple and from the NPM point of view we are "executing" a command as the notification, which tells Notepager Pro to send a message.
Robert
Well if the network is down, I imagine you wont be able to get any alerts, depending ultimately on what portion of the network is down. I have a multi-wan implementation and a HA environment but as always there can be multiple single point of failures; ie; NIC going bad on server, bad cable...etc...It was a solution that best fit our needs. Ultimately I wanted to convey to the community alternatives regarding SMS and help if they need assistance in configuring it (luxury I was not afforded- haha)
hi mObe,
we got issue with alert to sms, the sms gateway does not support smtp. how to integrate solarwinds and sms gateway to use API?
thanks.
