Patent ID: 8239568

Claim:
A method comprising: at an alert sending device comprising a non-volatile storage, coupled by a bus to a first host system comprising a processor: receiving a first and a second Internet Protocol address from the first host system to configure the alert sending device; storing the received first and second Internet Protocol addresses as configuration data in the non-volatile storage of the alert sending device; after the receiving and storing, generating a new packet in response to an event associated with the first host system using the configuration data, the packet comprising an Internet Protocol header having the received first and second Internet Protocol addresses stored in the configuration data of the non-volatile storage as the, respective, Internet Protocol source and destination addresses and having an encapsulated frame comprising at least one trap type field, at least one timestamp, at least one sequence field, and least one variable binding field, the encapsulating frame identifying an event based on at least one of (1) a temperature event of the first host system and (2) a fan event of the first host system; and causing transmission of the generated new packet toward a second system, different than the first host system, associated with the destination Internet Protocol address of the generated packet via a network connection of the alert sending device.