I use the 'alert' actions Solarwinds Advanced Alert manager to send the trap for significant alerts to this trap receiver
SWO Advanced alert | custom trap -> | trap receiver | exploder function -> | trap receiver -> | LED blinker | |
Solarwinds Server | NOC Controller | NOC workstation |
If you have something like xMatters then you might be able to use that instead
SWO Advanced alert -> xMatters -> Desktop alert
I guess you could also do things like:
SWO Advanced alert -> twitter-feed, XMPP, etc (there is a HTTP post action there that i have not played around with)