A system having a management console and one or more managed nodes is described. The management console has a network address and is connected to a network. Each managed node includes a network interface card for connecting with a network and an alert sending device for generating Alert Standards Forum Platform Event Traps in response to conditions at the managed node. The managed nodes are further able to receive Platform Event Trap destination address configuration packets and adopt the network address of the management consoles as the Platform Event Trap destination address.